This essay sets out to explore the image of the black Madonna in Italian American artistic and literary expressions, providing thought-provoking examples of how this holy icon of universal motherhood has been persistently associated with the articulation of empowering strategies, with antagonism towards any kind of patriarchal restraints, with the healing of deeply ingrained divisions (of gender, class, ethnicity), and with the celebration of diversity in unity.

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意大利美国艺术想象中的黑麦当娜

本文着手探讨意大利裔美国人的艺术和文学表现形式中的黑色麦当娜形象，提供令人发人深省的例子，说明这种普遍的母亲身份圣洁的象征如何与赋予权能策略的表达持续地联系在一起，并对任何重男轻女的约束，治愈了根深蒂固的（性别，阶级，种族）分裂，并庆祝了团结的多样性。