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Feeling Italian : The Art of Ethnicity in America / Thomas J. Ferraro.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferraro, Thomas J., Author.
- Series:
- Nation of newcomers.
- Nation of Nations ; 18
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--Italian American authors.
- American literature.
- Italian Americans--Intellectual life.
- Italian Americans.
- Italian Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
- Ethnicity--United States.
- Ethnicity.
- Italian Americans--Ethnic identity.
- United States--Ethnic relations.
- United States.
- United States--Civilization--Italian influences.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : New York University Press, [2005]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 2006 American Book Award, presented by the Before Columbus FoundationSouthern Italian emigration to the United States peaked a full century ago—;descendents are now fourth and fifth generation, dispersed from their old industrial neighborhoods, professionalized, and fully integrated into the “melting pot.” Surely the social historians are right: Italian Americans are fading into the twilight of their ethnicity. So, why is the American imagination enthralled by The Sopranos, and other portraits of Italian-ness? Italian American identity, now a mix of history and fantasy, flesh-and-bone people and all-too-familiar caricature, still has something to teach us, including why each of us, as citizens of the U.S. twentieth century and its persisting cultures, are to some extent already Italian. Contending that the media has become the primary vehicle of Italian sensibilities, Ferraro explores a series of books, movies, paintings, and records in ten dramatic vignettes. Featured cultural artifacts run the gamut, from the paintings of Joseph Stella and the music of Frank Sinatra to The Godfather’s enduring popularity and Madonna’s Italian background. In a prose style as vivid as his subjects, Ferraro fashions a sardonic love song to the art and iconography of Italian America.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- contents
- acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Honor
- Chapter 2. City
- Chapter 3. Job
- Chapter 4. Mother
- Chapter 5. Song
- Chapter 6. Crime
- Chapter 7. Romance
- Chapter 8. Diva
- Chapter 9. Skin
- Chapter 10. Table
- Conclusion
- notes
- narrative bibliography
- index
- about the author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-248) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)
- ISBN:
- 9780814728390
- 0814728391
- 9780814728635
- 0814728634
- OCLC:
- 782877937
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