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Book SynopsisScholarship 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,
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"An important scholarly contribution to both Canadian and Italian Canadian studies." -- Cristina Caracchini, Western University * University of Toronto Quarterly: Letters in Canada 2018 *
"To date, it’s simply the best, most absorbing work about Italians in Canada, about the varied local narratives their presence can give rise to, as well as about the broader intellectual and cultural reflections that presence can foster." -- Francesco Loriggio, Carleton University * Italian Canadiana *
Table of Contents
The Julian-Dalmatian Tessera in Canada: An Introduction Konrad Eisenbichler 1. Esuli and Rimasti: Two Sides of a Coin Rosanna Turcinovich Giuricin 2. Parola di donna: A Feminist Reading of Julian-Dalmatian Periodicals in Canada Benedetta Lamanna 3. Two Images of Internment: Mario Duliani and Vincenzo Poggi Elisabetta Carraro 4. Fiume and Canada: The Two Worlds of Gianni Angelo Grohovaz” Gianna Mazzieri Sanković 5. La Terza Forza: Gianni Angelo Grohovaz and the Rise of Italian-Canadian Culture, 1971 to 1975 Paul Baxa 6. Rimestando tra le acque del passato: Gianni Angelo Grohovaz’s Address to the Italian Club of Erindale College, 1984 Robert Buranello 7. Land, Sea, and the Search for Oneself in the Poetry of Diego Bastianutti Corinna Gerbaz Giuliano 8. The Poetry of Exile. An Interview with Diego Bastianutti Henry Veggian 9. Quarnerine Identity: The Hybrid Self in Caterina Edwards’ Island of the Nightingales Ida Vodarich Marinzoli 10. Protagonist, Chronicler, Historian: Three Voices of Representation in Rosanna Turcinovich Giuricin’s Maddalena ha gli occhi viola Gabriella Colussi Arthur 11. Vittorio Fiorucci: A Portrait of the Artist Guita Lamsechi 12. Dalmatian Stone: A Conversation with Silvia Pecota on Her Life and Art Paolo Frascà
