Living the revolution: Italian women's resistance and radicalism in New York City, 1880 - 1945
Women's cultures of resistance in Southern Italy -- La sartina (the seamstress) becomes a transnational labor migrant -- The racialization of Southern Italian women -- Surviving the shock of arrival and everyday resistance -- Anarchist feminists and the radical subculture -- The 1909-1919 strik...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Chapel Hill, NC
University of North Carolina Press
c2010
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| In: | Year: 2010 |
| Series/Journal: | Gender and American culture
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
New York, NY
/ Italian immigrant woman
/ Textile industrie
/ Workers' movement
/ Protest
/ History 1880-1945
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| Further subjects: | B
Women in the labor movement (New York (State)) (New York)
History
B Women immigrants Political activity (New York (State)) (New York) History B Working class women Political activity (New York (State)) (New York) History B Radicalism (New York (State)) (New York) History B Italian American women Political activity (New York (State)) (New York) History B Italians Political activity (New York (State)) (New York) History |
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| Summary: | Women's cultures of resistance in Southern Italy -- La sartina (the seamstress) becomes a transnational labor migrant -- The racialization of Southern Italian women -- Surviving the shock of arrival and everyday resistance -- Anarchist feminists and the radical subculture -- The 1909-1919 strike wave and the birth of industrial unionism -- Red scare, the lure of fascism, and diasporic resistance -- Community organizing in a racial hall of mirrors |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0807833568 |