Volta : an Italian-American reckoning with race / Michelle Reale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reale, Michelle, author.

Series:

Peter Lang prompt

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Italian Americans--Social conditions.

Italian Americans.

African Americans--Relations with Italian Americans.

African Americans.

Race awareness--United States.

Race awareness.

Italian Americans--Biography.

United States--Race relations.

United States.

Reale, Michelle.

Physical Description:

xiii, 106 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang Publishing Inc., [2025]

Summary:

"In Volta: An Italian-American Reckoning with Race, author Michelle Reale embarks on a brave and unflinching journey to the roots of racism as she knows it. Starting with the town she was raised in, Reale examines cultural touchstones within the Italian-American community, along with local and national flashpoints in Italian-American and African-American relations, such as Columbus Day, Frank Rizzo, Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, etc. Reale challenges the reader pointing them towards the lifelong process of racial reckoning. The style of reckoning here is straightforward and brutally honest, making this book unique in contemporary anti-racism literature. The author looks through the lens of her own culture, and argues for "self-implicative" reckoning - pointing the finger at one's self during the process. This book will appeal to college students , anti-racism educators, Whiteness scholars, high-school students, and those interested in the intersectionality of racism and culture"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Reale, Michelle. Volta

ISBN:

9781636676111

1636676111

OCLC:

1482313959

Publisher Number:

90101069764