Italian American Studies
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The Italian Presence in American Art, 1860-1920 (Hardcover)
Irma JaffePrice: $55.00Like a magic potion, Italianita has seeped through the stream of American aesthetic consciousness ever since Benjamin West stepped onto Italian soil in 1760. The first period of this artistic phenomenon was investigated in The Italian Presence in American Art, 1760-1860 and the book at hand thus...
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Poets of the Italian Diaspora (Paperback)
A Bilingual Anthology Edited by Luigi Bonaffini, and Joseph PerriconePrice: $45.00In the century between 1870 and 1970, about twenty-seven million migrants left Italy to work and live abroad. As a result, the worldwide Italian diaspora reportedly numbers more than sixty million people. Until now, however, there has not been an anthology devoted to the literature of the Italian...
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Italian Folk (Hardcover)
Vernacular Culture in Italian-American Lives Edited by Joseph SciorraPrice: $85.00Sunday dinners, basement kitchens, and backyard gardens are everyday cultural entities long associated with Italian Americans, yet the general perception of them remains superficial and stereotypical at best. For many people, these scenarios trigger ingrained assumptions about individuals’...
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Italian Folk (Paperback)
Vernacular Culture in Italian-American Lives Edited by Joseph SciorraPrice: $30.00Sunday dinners, basement kitchens, and backyard gardens are everyday cultural entities long associated with Italian Americans, yet the general perception of them remains superficial and stereotypical at best. For many people, these scenarios trigger ingrained assumptions about individuals’...
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American Woman, Italian Style (Hardcover)
Italian Americana's Best Writings on Women Edited by Carol Bonomo Albright, and Christine Palamidessi MoorePrice: $90.00With writings that span more than thirty-five years, American Woman, Italian Style is a rich collection of essays that fleshes out the realities of today’s Italian American women and explores the myriad ways they continue to add to the American experience. The status of modern...
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