Behind Barbed Wire: Creative Works on the Internment of Italian Canadians

Canton, Licia; Cusmano, Domenic; Mirolla, Michael; Zucchero, Jim

ISBN 10: 1550713884 / ISBN 13: 9781550713886

Published by Guernica Editions, Toronto, ON, 2012

About this Item

Clean, tight, unmarked; slight wear to upper inside corner; otherwise absolute minimal wear; appears unread; This book presents fiction and nonfiction, poetry and drama, and visual art - works which bring life to the memory of the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War. Through words and images, writers and visual artists reconstruct a hidden past and give voice to those who were silenced by shame or the inability to speak out. These works interpret the painful reality that some Italians in Canada lived during, and after, the period of the internment. These creative works reflect various ways of approaching the subject of internment and commemorate those who suffered.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Behind Barbed Wire: Creative Works on the Internment of Italian Canadians
• Publisher: Guernica Editions, Toronto, ON
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1550713884
• ISBN 13: 9781550713886
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Behind Barbed Wire: Creative Works on the Internment of Italian Canadians presents fiction and nonfiction, poetry and drama, and visual art - works which bring to life the memory of the internment of Italian Canadians during the Second World War. Through words and images, writers and visual artists reconstruct a hidden past and give voice to those who were silenced by shame or the inability to speak out. These works interpret the painful reality that some Italians in Canada lived during, and after, the period of the internment. In bringing together the work of established and emerging writers and artists to break the silence of past decades, Behind Barbed Wire bridges the generations. These creative works reflect various ways of approaching the subject of internment and commemorate those who suffered. The appearance of Behind Barbed Wire - and its companion volume of essays Beyond Barbed Wire - marks the passage of Italian Canadians from victims to agents of social change. The two volumes are important contributions to Canadian letters and to the history of Italian Canadians. They revisit a painful period so that we can all move forward.