Presenting a nuanced story of women, migration, community, industry, and civic life at the turn of the twentieth century, Carol Lynn McKibben's Beyond Cannery Row analyzes the processes of migration and settlement of Sicilian fishers from three villages in Western Sicily to Monterey, California--and sometimes back again. McKibben's analysis of gender and gender roles shows that it was the women in this community who had the insight, the power, and the purpose to respond and even prosper amid changing economic conditions. Vividly evoking the immigrants' everyday experiences through first-person accounts and detailed description, McKibben demonstrates that the cannery work done by Sicilian immigrant women was crucial in terms of the identity formation and community development. These changes allowed their families to survive the challenges of political conflicts over citizenship in World War II and intermarriage with outsiders throughout the migration experience. The women formed voluntary associations and celebrated festas that effectively linked them with each other and with their home villages in Sicily. Continuous migration created a strong sense of transnationalism among Sicilians in Monterey, which has enabled them to continue as a viable ethnic community today.
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [139]-151) and index.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Language note
English
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Sicilian Women, Fishing Lives, and Migration Strategies
2. Work and Identity
3. Family, Conflict, Community
4. Good Americans
5. Women on Parade: The Political Meaning of the Festa
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Illustrations.
ISBN
9786613044044
9781283044042
1283044048
9780252091902
0252091906
OCLC
811409483
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