Title Che bella figura! : the power of performance in an Italian ladies' club in Chicago / Gloria Nardini

Published Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (x, 164 pages) : illustrations, map Series SUNY series in speech communication SUNY series in speech communication. Contents My Methodology: The Ethnography of Communication 1 -- 1 A Definition of Bella Figura 5 -- 2 The Conceptual Framework of this Study and Related Literature on Women's Language 35 -- 3 A History of the Collandia Club 55 -- 4 Bella Figura at the Collandia Club 77 -- 5 The Transcript: A Linguistic Event Transformed / Bella Figura 105 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-158) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Italian American women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Societies and clubs Italian American women -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social conditions Italian Americans -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Social life and customs SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. Italian Americans -- Social life and customs Manners and customs SUBJECT Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs Subject Illinois -- Chicago Form Electronic book LC no. 99019064 ISBN 0585075360 9780585075365 1438414129 9781438414126

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