The Black Madonna in the Italian American Artistic Imagination
This essay sets out to explore the image of the black Madonna in Italian American artistic and literary expressions, providing thought-provoking examples of how this holy icon of universal motherhood has been persistently associated with the articulation of empowering strategies, with antagonism to...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)
2017-11-01
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| Series: | Acta Neophilologica |
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| Online Access: | https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/7552 |
| Summary: | This essay sets out to explore the image of the black Madonna in Italian American artistic and literary expressions, providing thought-provoking examples of how this holy icon of universal motherhood has been persistently associated with the articulation of empowering strategies, with antagonism towards any kind of patriarchal restraints, with the healing of deeply ingrained divisions (of gender, class, ethnicity), and with the celebration of diversity in unity.
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| ISSN: | 0567-784X 2350-417X |