Fostering Solidarity, Hybridity, and Transnationalism: Elizabeth Dickerson Rice Bianciardi’s Italy
Fostering Solidarity, Hybridity, and Transnationalism: Elizabeth Dickerson Rice Bianciardi’s Italy
Author(s): Elisabetta MarinoSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Anthology, Studies of Literature, Governance, Italian literature
Published by: Editura Alma Mater
Keywords: bridging cultures; Elizabeth Dickerson Rice Bianciardy, Garibaldi; Italian unification; solidarity; travel literature
Summary/Abstract: Information about Elizabeth Dickerson Rice Bianciardi is scant andlimited, despite her reputation as an accomplished journalist, whocontributed to popular magazines such as The Atlantic Monthly and TheHarper’s Monthly. Apparently, she moved to Italy to further her education, at acrucial time in the history of both her country, grappling with the aftermathof the Civil War, and her host country, striving for unification.This essay will focus on the two narrative pieces she penned during herstay in the peninsula: a biographical sketch of Giuseppe Garibaldi (“ThePersonal History of Garibaldi,” 1882), and a travel account published in 1884,At Home in Italy. As will be shown, Rice Bianciardi succeeded in fostering amore sympathetic and positive image of Italy and the Italians, thuschallenging inveterate stereotypes and misconceptions. In her works, Italyalso became a symbolic space where the redefinition of her identity, both as aprofessional writer and a liberated woman, could take place.
Journal: Cultural Perspectives - Journal for Literary and British Cultural Studies in Romania
- Issue Year: 2024
- Issue No: 29
- Page Range: 147-156
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English, Italian
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