Author: Philip Marshman RosePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanization
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
The Italian in America
Author: Eliot LordThe Italians in America
Author: Philip Marshman RosePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanization
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
A Portrait of the Italians in America
Author: Vincenza ScarpaciPublisher: Scribner Paper Fiction
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Voices of Italian America
Author: Martino MarazziPublisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823245721
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Voices of Italian America presents a top-rate authoritative study and anthology of the italian-language literature written and published in the United States from the heydays of the Great Migration (1880–1920) to the almost definitive demise of the cultural world of the first generation soon before and after World War II. The volume resurrects the neglected and even forgotten territory of a nationwide “Little Italy” where people wrote, talked, read, and consumed the various forms of entertainment mostly in their native Italian language, in a complex interplay with native dialects and surrounding American English. The anthological sections include excerpts from the ethnically tinged thrillers by Tuscan-born first-comer Bernardino Ciambelli, as well as the first short stories by Italian American women, set in the Gilded Age. The fiction of political activists such as Carlo Tresca coexists with the hardboiled autobiography of Italian American cop Mike Fiaschetti, fighting against the Mafia. Voices of Italian America presents new material by English-speaking classics such as Pietro di Donato and John Fante, and a selection of poetry by a great bilingual voice, the champion of the “masses” and Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) poet Arturo Giovannitti, and by a lesserknown, self-taught, satirical versifier, Riccardo Cordiferro/Ironheart. Controversial documents on the difficult interracial relations between Italian Americans and African Americans live side by side with the first poignant chronicles from Ellis Island. This study sheds light on the “fabrication” of a new culture of immigrant origins—pliable, dynamic, constantly shifting and transforming itself—while focusing on stories, genres, rhythms, the “human touch” contributed by literature in its wider sense. Ultimately, through a rich sample of significant texts covering various aspects of the immigrant experience, Voices of Italian America offers the reader a literary history of Italian American culture.
Remembering Italian America
Author: Laurie BuonannoPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000349365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Remembering Italian America: Memory, Migration, Identity examines the life of Italians in the United States and the role of migration and collective memory in the history of the construction of Italian American identity. Employing the concept of communicative memory, the authors explain the processes that gave shape to Italian identity in America and the ways in which a symbolic identity became concretized in Italian American oral histories. The text explores the Italy migrants left behind, transatlantic networks, the welcome received by the Italian newcomers, the socioeconomic fabric of Italian America, and the singular worldview that grew out of the immigrant experience. In exploring the role of memory in the construction of Italian American identity, the book analyzes the commonalities in the lives of immigrants, allowing the Italian American experience to speak to the circumstances of newer immigrant communities and allowing these new immigrant communities to speak to the Italian migrant history. Looking at Italian American culture from a multidisciplinary perspective, this volume brings various theoretical perspectives to bear on "what, why, and how" questions concerning the Italian American experience. This book will be of interest to students of ethnic studies, immigration studies, and American/transnational studies, as well as American history. Winner of the 2022 Italian American Studies Association Book Award
The Journey of the Italians in America
Author: Scarpaci, VincenzaPublisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455606832
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The influence of Italians in American cuisine, industry, sports, entertainment, and language is profound. Using photographs to illustrate more than a century of Italian experiences in the United States, the author provides an intimate and informed glimpse into the history of prejudice, hardship, celebration, and success faced by this rich Mediterranean people. A celebration of common men and women alongside notable Italian American celebrities and public figures, this book is a cultural photo album.--From publisher description.
GLI/Italiani Negli Stati Uniti (Italians in the United States)
Author: American Studies Symposium StaffPublisher: Ayer Publishing
ISBN: 9780405064043
Category : Italian Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 585
Book Description
The Italian in America
Author: Lydio F. TomasiPublisher: Center for Migration Studies of New York
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Are Italians White?
Author: Jennifer GuglielmoPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136062424
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
This dazzling collection of original essays from some of the country's leading thinkers asks the rather intriguing question - Are Italians White? Each piece carefully explores how, when and why whiteness became important to Italian Americans, and the significance of gender, class and nation to racial identity.
The Italian in America
Author: Eliot LordPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Italian Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description