| Description |
xx, 430 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword / John J. LaCorte -- Introduction: The Review of Italian American Studies / Frank M. Sorrentino and Jerome Krase -- pt. I. The Essence of Italian American Identity -- Introductory Essay / Frank M. Sorrentino -- 1. The Family System / Richard Gambino -- 2. The Twilight of Ethnicity among Americans of European Ancestry: The Case of Italians / Richard D. Alba -- 3. Are Italian Americans Just White Folks? / Rudolph J. Vecoli -- 4. Some Sort of Americans: The Working and Reworking of Italian American Ethnicity in the United States / Daniel J. Monti, Jr. -- pt. II. Italian American Politics and History -- Introductory Essay / Frank M. Sorrentino -- 5. Mussolini, Sacco-Vanzetti, and the Anarchists: The Transatlantic Context / Philip V. Cannistraro -- 6. Concord and Discord: Italians and Ethnic Interactions in Tampa, Florida, 1886-1930 / Gary R. Mormino and George E. Pozzetta -- 7. From Urban to Suburban: Italian Americans in Transition / Salvatore J. LaGumina -- 8. Italian Immigrant Women in Comparative Perspective / Donna R. Gabaccia -- 9. Columbus, Whitman, and the Italian American Connection / Frank Cavioli -- pt. III. Italian American Community -- Introductory Essay / Jerome Krase -- 10. Involved and "There": The Activities of Italian American Women in Urban Neighborhoods / Judith N. DeSena -- 11. Bensonhurst, Brooklyn: Italian American Victims and Victimizers / Jerome Krase -- 12. Community and Identity in Italian American Life / Salvatore Primeggia and Joseph A. Varacalli -- 13. Jewish and Italian American Women's Childbirth Choices in the United States, 1920-1940: An Examination of Home Birth / Angela D. Danzi -- pt. IV. Italian Americans and Literature -- Introductory Essay / Jerome Krase -- 14. De Vulgari Eloquentia: An Approach to the Language of Italian American Fiction / Robert Viscusi -- 15. The Evolution of Italian American Literary Studies / Fred L. Gardaphe -- 16. From Italophilia to Italophobia: Representations of Italian Americans in the Early Gilded Age / John Paul Russo -- 17. Mater Dolorosa No More? Mothers and Writers in Italian American Literary Tradition / Mary Jo Bona -- 18. In Recognition of the Italian American Writer: Definitions and Categories / Anthony Julian Tamburri. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Italian Americans -- Study and teaching.
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| Added Author |
Sorrentino, Frank M., 1949-
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Krase, Jerome.
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| ISBN |
0739101595 cloth alkaline paper |
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