Heritage Italian-American Style
Author: Leon J. Radomile
Publisher:
Published: 1999-11
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780967532905
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Heritage Italian-American Style
Author: Leon J. Radomile
Publisher: Vincero Enterprises
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780967532912
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"1776 questions and answers for Italians (and those who wish they were) on the significant contributions Italians and Italian Americans have made to the world in the following categories : Food, music, art, entertainment, science, literature, history, geography, business, sports, Romans."--Cover.
Long Island Italian Americans
Author: Salvatore J. LaGumina
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2013-08-06
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 1614239991
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →For Italian immigrants and their descendants, moving from "the city" to Long Island was more than a change of address. Even though the move wasn't far geographically, the societal move was large--it signaled that the family had achieved the American Dream, and in turn, elements of Italian values and culture are visible all over the island. Italians helped to build Long Island, whether as laborers or as contractors, such as the Castagnas. They brought their culinary traditions and opened markets, such as the still family-owned Iavarone Brothers Foods and restaurants, including New Hyde Park's Umberto's. Italians' industrialism helped them thrive in fields as diverse as medicine, politics, theater, and winemaking (including the nationally recognized Banfi label). Join author Salvatore J. LaGumina to discover the remarkable contributions and vibrant culture of Italians and Italian-Americans on Long Island.
The Italian American Heritage
Author: Pellegrino A D'Acierno
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2021-12-12
Total Pages: 542
ISBN-13: 1000525554
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →First published in 1999. The many available scholarly works on Italian-Americans are perhaps of little practical help to the undergraduate or high school student who needs background information when reading contemporary fiction with Italian characters, watching films that require a familiarity with Italian Americans, or looking at works of art that can be fully appreciated only if one understands Italian culture. This basic reference work for non-specialists and students offers quick insights and essential, easy-to-grasp information on Italian-American contributions to American art, music, literature, motion pictures and cultural life. This rich legacy is examined in a collection of original essays that include portrayals of Italian characters in the films of Francis Coppola, Italian American poetry, the art of Frank Stella, the music of Frank Zappa, a survey of Italian folk customs and an analysis of the evolution of Italian-American biography. Comprising 22 lengthy essays written specifically for this volume, the book identifies what is uniquely Italian in American life and examines how Italian customs, traditions, social mores and cultural antecedents have wrought their influence on the American character. Filled with insights, observations and ethnic facts and fictions, this volume should prove to be a valuable source of information for scholars, researchers and students interested in pinpointing and examining the cultural, intellectual and social influence of Italian immigrants and their successors.
Guido Culture and Italian American Youth
Author: Donald Tricarico
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2018-12-24
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 3030032930
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Saturday Night Fever to Jersey Shore, Italian American youth in New York City have appropriated—and been appropriated by—popular American culture. Here, Donald Tricarico investigates how Italian ethnicity has been used to fashion Guido as a distinct youth style that signals inclusion in popular American culture and, simultaneously, the making of a new ethnic subject. Emerging from a wave of Italian immigration after World War II in outer borough neighborhoods such as Bensonhurst, the story of the Guido is an Italian American story, symbolizing the negotiation of a negatively privileged ethnicity within American society. Tricarico takes up questions about the definition of Guido, the role of disco, and the identity politics of Jersey Shore in order to reconsider the significance of Guido for the study of Italian American ethnicity.
We Called it Macaroni
Author: Nancy Verde Barr
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780394557984
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Gathers Italian-American style recipes for appetizers, soups, pasta, main dishes, vegetables, bread, pizza, and desserts
Great Italian American Food in New England
Author: John F. Carafoli
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-08-15
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1493025244
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explore the Italian enclaves in different parts of the six states and the evolution of Italian heritage cuisine. What part of Italy did the immigrants come from? How did they adapt recipes and use new ingredients? How did those recipes evolve over the years? Included are profiles of the people, places, and communities that made the largest impact and interviews with descendants including: local chefs, famous pizzeria owners, Italian butchers, home cooks, celebrities, and specialty shops purveyors. Alongside these stories is a mix of historical and modern photos as well as more than 50 classic recipes passed down through generations and some from establishments that still thrive today. Part historical record, part travelogue, part cookbook, Great Italian American Food in New England is fascinating glimpse into this rich New England heritage.
Italy's Many Diasporas
Author: Donna R. Gabaccia
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-10-18
Total Pages: 281
ISBN-13: 1134225989
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Italy's residents are a migratory people. Since 1800 well over 27 million left home, but over half also returned home again. As cosmopolitans, exiles, and 'workers of the world' they transformed their homeland and many of the countries where they worked or settled abroad. But did they form a diaspora? Migrants maintained firm ties to native villages, cities and families. Few felt much loyalty to a larger nation of Italians. Rather than form a 'nation unbound,' the transnational lives of Italy's migrants kept alive international regional cultures that challenged the hegemony of national states around the world. This ambitious and theoretically innovative overview examines the social, cultural and economic integration of Italian migrants. It explores their complex yet distinctive identity and their relationship with their homeland taking a comprehensive approach.
The Italian-americans
Author: Maria Laurino
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2014-12-02
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0393241297
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This richly researched, beautifully illustrated volume illuminates an important, overlooked part of American history. From extensive archival materials and interviews with well-known Italian Americans, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true Italian-American experience. Looking beyond the familiar Little Italys and stereotypes fostered by The Godfather and The Sopranos, Laurino reveals surprising, fascinating lives: Italian-Americans working on sugar-cane plantations in Louisiana to those who were lynched in New Orleans; the banker who helped rebuild San Francisco after the great earthquake; families interned as “enemy aliens” in World War II. From anarchist radicals to “Rosie the Riveter” to Nancy Pelosi, Andrew Cuomo, and Bill de Blasio; from traditional artisans to rebel songsters like Frank Sinatra, Dion, Madonna, and Lady Gaga, this book is both exploration and celebration of the rich legacy of Italian-American life. Readers can discover the history chronologically, chapter by chapter, or serendipitously by exploring the trove of supplemental materials. These include interviews, newspaper clippings, period documents, and photographs that bring the history to life.
Hollywood's Italian American Filmmakers
Author: Jonathan J. Cavallero
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2011-05-17
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 025203614X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"[This book] explores the different ways in which Italian American directors from the 1920s to the present have responded to their ethnicity. While some directors have used film to declare their ethnic roots and create an Italian American 'imagined community,' others have ignored or even denied their background . . . Cavallero's exploration of the films of Capra, Scorsese, Savoca, Coppola,and Tarantino demonstrates how immigrant Italians fought prejudice, how later generations positioned themselves in relation to their predecessors, and how the American cinema, usually seen as a cultural instituion that works to assimlate, has also served as a forum where assimilation was resisted." -- Book cover.
