Leaving little Italy : essaying Italian American culture / Fred L. Gardaphe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gardaphé, Fred L.

Series:

SUNY series in Italian/American culture

SUNY series in Italian/American Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American literature--Italian American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

Italian Americans--Intellectual life.

Italian Americans.

Italian Americans--Civilization.

Italian Americans in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Leaving Little Italy explores the various forces that have shaped and continue to mold Italian American culture. Early chapters offer a historical survey of major developments in Italian American culture, from the early mass immigration period to the present day, situating these developments within the larger framework of American culture as a whole. Subsequent chapters examine particular works of Italian American literature and film from a variety of perspectives, including literary history, gender, social class, autobiography, and race. Paying particular attention to how the individual artist's personality has intersected with community in the shaping of Italian American culture, the book reveals how and why Italian America was invented and why Little Italys must ultimately disappear.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

A Historical Survey

The Southern Answer

Inventing Italian America

Mythologies of Italian America

Thematic Essays

Left Out

The Consequences of Class in Italian American Culture

Variations of Italian American Women’s Autobiography

Criticism as Autobiography

We Weren’t Always White

Linguine and Lust

Leaving Little Italy

Notes

Works Cited

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-183) and index.

ISBN:

0-7914-8597-8

1-4175-3841-4

OCLC:

61367837