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The Madonna of 115th Street : faith and community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950 / Robert Anthony Orsi.
Van Pelt Library BT660.N44 O77 2002
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Orsi, Robert A.
- Series:
- Yale Nota bene
- Yale Nota Bene
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint--Devotion to--New York (State)--New York.
- Mary.
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint.
- National Book Committee.
- Italian Americans--Religious life--New York (State)--New York.
- Italian Americans.
- Italian Americans--New York (State)--New York--Social conditions.
- Social conditions.
- Italian Americans--Religious life.
- Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Religious life and customs.
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.).
- New York (N.Y.)--Religious life and customs.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Harlem (New York, N.Y.)--Social conditions.
- New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Physical Description:
- xlix, 287 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- In a masterful evocation of Italian Harlem and the men and women who lived there, Robert A. Orsi examines how the annual festa of the Madonna of 115th Street both influenced and reflected the lives of the celebrants. His prize-winning book offers a new perspective on lived religion, religion's place in the everyday lives of men, women, and children, the experiences of immigration and community formation, and American Catholicism. This edition includes a new introduction by the author that outlines both the changes that Italian Harlem has undergone in recent years and significant shifts in the field of religious history. Awarded the 1985 Alpha Sigma Nu National Book Prize presented by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities for the outstanding book in the humanities Winner of the 1986 American Catholic Historical Association's John Gilmary Shea Prize
- Contents:
- Introduction: Popular Religion and Italian Harlem xxxix
- 1 The Days and Nights of the Festa 1
- 2 Italian Harlem 14
- 3 The Origins of the Devotion to Mount Carmel in Italian Harlem 50
- 4 The Domus-Centered Society 75
- 5 Conflicts in the Domus 107
- Conflict 109
- Women in Italian Harlem 129
- 6 Toward an Inner History of Immigration 150
- 7 The Meanings of the Devotion to the Madonna of 115th Street 163
- The Devotion and the Community of Immigrants 163
- The Devotion and the People's Faithfulness to Italy and Southern Italian Traditions 168
- The Devotion and the Domus 171
- The Shaping of Cara Harlem 178
- The Community Reveals Itself to Itself 186
- The Devotion and the Larger Collectivities of the City and Nation 188
- Success 191
- Healing and the Sense World of the Festa 193
- The Italian Way of Being Human 195
- The Festa and the World of Work 197
- From Suffering to Sacrifice 202
- Women and the Devotion to the Madonna of 115th Street 204
- Power 217
- 8 The Theology of the Streets 219.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-282) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0300091354
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