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Widows in White

Migration and the Transformation of Rural Women, Sicily, 1880-1928
  • Linda Reeder
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2003
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Studies in Gender and History
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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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Reeder Linda :

Linda Reeder is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Missouri - Columbia.

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Anna Bull, Department of European Studies and Modern Languages, University of Bath:

'The book offers a fresh analysis of the gendered impact of emigration upon traditional rural society and in so doing dismantles quite a few stereotypes and established interpretations.'


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Part I: Rural Women and Transnational Migration

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