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Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Authors

Gloria Eive

Orginal Publication Date

1986

Journal Title

Explorations in Ethnic Studies

Volume

9

Issue

ees/vol9/iss1

First Page

36

Last Page

38

Abstract

Ruggiero's stated purpose is ". . . to expose . . . the mythology which surrounds the image of Italian American women . . ." through studies of Italian American women and the Italian American family in a "feminist framework." These new studies would offer "feminist method and content" and new, unconventional methodologies would provide a "female corrective" to the "masculinist bias [found in] traditional ethnic studies scholarship." Ruggiero's motives are laudable, but she fails to clarify either the "masculinist," "sex-typed" view point she criticizes or the new "feminist" methodology she advocates. A "selected review" of "traditional literature" she offers by way of explanation becomes a rostrum for condemnation of the "masculinist" motives, methods, and conclusions in the works considered (by R. Gambino, H. Gans, B. B. Caroli, C. Mindel and R. W. Habenstein, and others).

Rights

Copyright, ​©EES, The National Association for Ethnic Studies, 1986

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