Gender and Ethnicity in the Memoirs of Penny Petrone
Professor Margherita Ganeri Lecture March 25th at 4:00 p.m.
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Penny Petrone (1925-2005) was one of the first authors of Italian-Canadian Literature. Her two memoirs, Breaking the Mould (1995) and Embracing Serafina (2000), focus on the internal conflicts generated by her heritage. Gender issues and ethnic struggles present the reader with a painful journey into the Italian-Canadian diasporic background.