Contemporary Italian American Women Authors and Post-ethnicity: Challenging Stereotypes and Questioning Affiliations

Special Guest Lecturer:

Alessandra Masolini, University of Naples “L’Orientale”

Through the works of authors like Susanne Antonetta, Carole Maso, and Kym Ragusa, to name but a few, Alessandra Masolini will explore the ways in which contemporary Italian American authors and intellectuals challenge stereotypical notions of ethnicity, problematize easy affiliations, and open themselves to new transversal allegiances.