Widows in White : Migration and the Transformation of Rural Women, Sicily, 1880-1928.

Tracing the changing notions of female and male in rural Sicily, Linda Reeder examines the lives of rural Sicilian women and the changes that took place as a result of male migration to the United States.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Reeder, Linda
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Series:	Studies in gender and history.
Subjects:	Rural women > Italy > Sicily > Social conditions. HISTORY > Europe > Italy. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Feminism & Feminist Theory. Emigration and immigration Rural conditions Rural women > Social conditions Frau Soziale Situation Ländlicher Raum Platteland. Migranten. Vrouwen. Geschichte 1880-1920. Sicily (Italy) > Rural conditions. Sicily (Italy) > Emigration and immigration > History. Italy > Sicily Sizilien History
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Table of Contents:

Intro
CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Introduction: The Women of the South
Part I: Rural Women and Transnational Migration
Chapter One: Blood, Honour, and Belonging: The World of Rural Sicilians
Chapter Two: 'Gone to America': Migrating Men and Abandoned Women
Chapter Three: Motherhood, Marriage, and Migration
Chapter Four: Fulfilling the Dream: Houses, Land, and Work
Part II: Shifting Borders, Shifting Identities
Chapter Five: Sicilian Women and the Italian State
Chapter Six: Beyond Sutera: Sicilian Women Join the Nation
Conclusion: Gender, Migration, and Globalization
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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Widows in White : Migration and the Transformation of Rural Women, Sicily, 1880-1928.

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