The Black Madonna in the Italian American Artistic Imagination

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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Main Author: Elisabetta Marino
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2017-11-01
Series:Acta Neophilologica
Subjects:
Black Madonna
Italian Americans
Patriarchy
Otherness
Online Access:https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/7552
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spelling doaj-caafd9962aba4283a5bd8548c415d3402021-03-02T00:38:44ZdeuZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)Acta Neophilologica0567-784X2350-417X2017-11-01501-210.4312/an.50.1-2.37-566866The Black Madonna in the Italian American Artistic ImaginationElisabetta Marino0University of Rome “Tor Vergata” 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. https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/7552Black MadonnaItalian AmericansPatriarchyOtherness
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author Elisabetta Marino
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The Black Madonna in the Italian American Artistic Imagination
Acta Neophilologica
Black Madonna
Italian Americans
Patriarchy
Otherness
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title The Black Madonna in the Italian American Artistic Imagination
title_short The Black Madonna in the Italian American Artistic Imagination
title_full The Black Madonna in the Italian American Artistic Imagination
title_fullStr The Black Madonna in the Italian American Artistic Imagination
title_full_unstemmed The Black Madonna in the Italian American Artistic Imagination
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publisher Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)
series Acta Neophilologica
issn 0567-784X
2350-417X
publishDate 2017-11-01
description 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.
topic Black Madonna
Italian Americans
Patriarchy
Otherness
url https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/ActaNeophilologica/article/view/7552
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