Forgotten Italians: Julian-Dalmatian Writers and Artists in Canada Contributor(s): Eisenbichler, Konrad (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1487504020 ISBN-13: 9781487504021 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $80.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | European - Italian - History | Europe - Italy - Art |
Dewey: 700.895 |
LCCN: 2018459215 |
Series: Toronto Italian Studies |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.3" W x 9" (1.40 lbs) 336 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Italy |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Scholarship on Italian emigration has generally omitted the Julian-Dalmatians, a group of Italians from Istria and Dalmatia, two regions that, in the wake of World War Two, were ceded by Italy to Yugoslavia as part of its war reparations to that country. Though Italians by language culture, and traditions, it seems that this group has been conveniently excised from history. And yet, Julian-Dalmatians constitute an important element in twentieth-century Italian history and represent a unique aspect of both Italian culture and emigration. This ground-breaking collection of articles from an international team of scholars opens the discussion on these "forgotten Italians" by briefly reviewing the history of their diaspora and then by examining the literary and artistic works they produced as immigrants to Canada. Forgotten Italians offers new insights into such celebrated authors as Diego Bastianutti, Mario Duliani, Caterina Edwards, and Gianni Angelo Grohovaz, as well as visual artists such as Vittorio Fiorucci and Silvia Pecota. Profoundly marked by the experience of being uprooted and forced into exile, by life in refugee camps, and by the encounter with a new culture, first-generation Julian-Dalmatians in Canada used art and writing to come to terms with their anguished situation and to rediscover their cultural roots. |
Contributor Bio(s): Eisenbichler, Konrad: - Konrad Eisenbichler is a professor in the Department of Italian Studies at the University of Toronto. |