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Can the Subaltern Speak? The Politics of Identity and Difference in Italian Postcolonial Women's Writing.

Discusses the politics of identity and difference in Italian postcolonial women's writing. Interest of Italians to the works; Impact of narratives of African immigrants writing in Italian; Desire for emergence, empowerment, and self-expression that saturated the thematic fabric of immigrant texts;...

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Published in:Italian Culture (Michigan State University Press) Vol. 22; pp. 93 - 114
Main Author: Wright, Simona
Format: Literary Criticism
Published: Michigan State University Press 2004
Subjects:
Women's writings
Italian literature
Literature
Immigrants
Linguistics
Italy
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Summary:Discusses the politics of identity and difference in Italian postcolonial women's writing. Interest of Italians to the works; Impact of narratives of African immigrants writing in Italian; Desire for emergence, empowerment, and self-expression that saturated the thematic fabric of immigrant texts; Process of linguistic reappropriation and redenotation.