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"Mary Jo Bona reconstructs the literary history and examines the narrative techniques of eight Italian American women's novels from 1940 to the present. Largely neglected until recently, these women's family narratives compel a reconsideration of what it means to be a woman and an ethnic in America."--Jacket.

American literature --- Women and literature --- Italian American women --- Italian Americans in literature. --- Italian Americans in literature --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- American Literature --- Women, Italian American --- Women --- Literature --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- Italian American authors --- History and criticism. --- Women authors --- History. --- Intellectual life. --- Italian influences. --- History and criticism --- History --- Intellectual life --- Italian influences --- Italy --- In literature. --- #BIBC:ruil --- Italian American authors&delete& --- Women authors&delete& --- Women authors.

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This groundbreaking collection reinvigorates the debate over the inclusion of multiethnic literature in the American literary canon. While multiethnic literature has earned a place in the curriculum on many large campuses, it is still a controversial topic at many others, as recent campus and corporate revivals of The Great Books attest. Many still perceive multiethnic literature as being governed by ideological and political issues, perpetuating a false distinction between highbrow "literary" texts and multiethnic works.Through historical overviews and textual analyses, the contributors not only argue for the aesthetic validity of multiethnic literature, but also examine the innovative ways in which multiethnic literature is taught and critiqued. The following questions are also addressed: Who and what determines literary value? What role do scholars, students, the reading public, book awards, and/or publishers play in affirming literary value? Taken together, these essays underscore the necessity for maintaining vibrant conversations about the place of multiethnic literature both inside and outside the academy.

Canon (Literature) --- Ethnicity in literature. --- Minorities in literature. --- Ethnic groups in literature. --- Cultural pluralism in literature. --- Minorities --- American literature --- Classics, Literary --- Literary canon --- Literary classics --- Best books --- Criticism --- Literature --- Minorities as a theme in literature --- Pluralism (Social sciences) in literature --- English literature --- Agrarians (Group of writers) --- Intellectual life. --- Minority authors --- History and criticism --- Theory, etc. --- Cultural pluralism in literature --- Ethnic groups in literature --- Ethnicity in literature --- Minorities in literature --- Minority authors&delete& --- History and criticism&delete& --- Theory, etc --- Intellectual life

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