[PDF] Remembering Italian America eBook

Author : Laurie Buonanno
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 20,94 MB
Release : 2021-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1000349365

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Remembering Italian America: Memory, Migration, Identity examines the life of Italians in the United States and the role of migration and collective memory in the history of the construction of Italian American identity. Employing the concept of communicative memory, the authors explain the processes that gave shape to Italian identity in America and the ways in which a symbolic identity became concretized in Italian American oral histories. The text explores the Italy migrants left behind, transatlantic networks, the welcome received by the Italian newcomers, the socioeconomic fabric of Italian America, and the singular worldview that grew out of the immigrant experience. In exploring the role of memory in the construction of Italian American identity, the book analyzes the commonalities in the lives of immigrants, allowing the Italian American experience to speak to the circumstances of newer immigrant communities and allowing these new immigrant communities to speak to the Italian migrant history. Looking at Italian American culture from a multidisciplinary perspective, this volume brings various theoretical perspectives to bear on "what, why, and how" questions concerning the Italian American experience. This book will be of interest to students of ethnic studies, immigration studies, and American/transnational studies, as well as American history. Winner of the 2022 Italian American Studies Association Book Award

Author : William Connell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 915 pages
File Size : 33,1 MB
Release : 2017-09-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1135046700

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The Routledge History of Italian Americans weaves a narrative of the trials and triumphs of one of the nation’s largest ethnic groups. This history, comprising original essays by leading scholars and critics, addresses themes that include the Columbian legacy, immigration, the labor movement, discrimination, anarchism, Fascism, World War II patriotism, assimilation, gender identity and popular culture. This landmark volume offers a clear and accessible overview of work in the growing academic field of Italian American Studies. Rich illustrations bring the story to life, drawing out the aspects of Italian American history and culture that make this ethnic group essential to the American experience.

Author : Louis J. Gesualdi
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 43,51 MB
Release : 2012-04-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 076185861X

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The Italian/American Experience: A Collection of Writings represents a meaningful attempt to inform Italian Americans about their group’s varied experiences in America. This book, unlike many works on the Italian American experience, contains writings that explain why popular negative notions of Italian/American life are inaccurate. The Italian/American Experience lists a number of organizations and journals specializing in Italian American culture and provides brief descriptions of many leading researchers in the field of Italian American studies. This unique text also contains an annotated bibliography of key books that deal with the lives of Italians and Italian Americans. This collection of eleven works offers readers an in-depth view of Italian American culture and heritage.

Author : Joseph Bonocore
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,5 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0595357210

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Raised Italian-American remembers the history, stories, traditions, and values of growing up in an Italian neighborhood. One of my fondest memories as a child was to take a ride and view the beautiful nativity scenes that were erected throughout the neighborhood each Christmas. The popularity of these large statues, they are called presepi in Italy, started in Italy in the 17th century when it was fashionable to find them in palaces and homes of wealthy citizens. The newfound enthusiasm of erecting a presepi during Christmas may be contributed to Saint Gaetano who openly encouraged people to create the presepi as a sign of devotion. It wasn't until the later part of the 19th century that these presepi became a part of family traditions in nearly every home in Italy. This set is a beautiful piece of art and is a prized possession of the families that own them. I know that Phyllis' grandmother cherished her presepi until the day she died and the family still think fondly of their grandmother every time they see it at Christmas time.

Author : Simone Cinotto
Publisher : Fordham University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 32,45 MB
Release : 2014-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0823256278

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How do immigrants and their children forge their identities in a new land—and how does the ethnic culture they create thrive in the larger society? Making Italian America brings together new scholarship on the cultural history of consumption, immigration, and ethnic marketing to explore these questions by focusing on the case of an ethnic group whose material culture and lifestyles have been central to American life: Italian Americans. As embodied in fashion, film, food, popular music, sports, and many other representations and commodities, Italian American identities have profoundly fascinated, disturbed, and influenced American and global culture. Discussing in fresh ways topics as diverse as immigrant women’s fashion, critiques of consumerism in Italian immigrant radicalism, the Italian American influence in early rock ’n’ roll, ethnic tourism in Little Italy, and Guido subculture, Making Italian America recasts Italian immigrants and their children as active consumers who, since the turn of the twentieth century, have creatively managed to articulate relations of race, gender, and class and create distinctive lifestyles out of materials the marketplace offered to them. The success of these mostly working-class people in making their everyday culture meaningful to them as well as in shaping an ethnic identity that appealed to a wider public of shoppers and spectators looms large in the political history of consumption. Making Italian America appraises how immigrants and their children redesigned the market to suit their tastes and in the process made Italian American identities a lure for millions of consumers. Fourteen essays explore Italian American history in the light of consumer culture, across more than a century-long intense movement of people, goods, money, ideas, and images between Italy and the United States—a diasporic exchange that has transformed both nations. Simone Cinotto builds an imaginative analytical framework for understanding the ways in which ethnic and racial groups have shaped their collective identities and negotiated their place in the consumers’ emporium and marketplace. Grounded in the new scholarship in transnational U.S. history and the transfer of cultural patterns, Making Italian America illuminates the crucial role that consumption has had in shaping the ethnic culture and diasporic identities of Italians in America. It also illustrates vividly why and how those same identities—incorporated in commodities, commercial leisure, and popular representations—have become the object of desire for millions of American and global consumers.

Author : Eric Martone
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 601 pages
File Size : 12,1 MB
Release : 2016-12-12
Category : History
ISBN : 1610699955

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The entire Italian American experience—from America's earliest days through the present—is now available in a single volume. This wide-ranging work relates the entire saga of the Italian-American experience from immigration through assimilation to achievement. The book highlights the enormous contributions that Italian Americans—the fourth largest European ethnic group in the United States—have made to the professions, politics, academy, arts, and popular culture of America. Going beyond familiar names and stories, it also captures the essence of everyday life for Italian Americans as they established communities and interacted with other ethnic groups. In this single volume, readers will be able to explore why Italians came to America, where they settled, and how their distinctive identity was formed. A diverse array of entries that highlight the breadth of this experience, as well as the multitude of ways in which Italian Americans have influenced U.S. history and culture, are presented in five thematic sections. Featured primary documents range from a 1493 letter from Christopher Columbus announcing his discovery to excerpts from President Barack Obama's 2011 speech to the National Italian American Foundation. Readers will come away from this book with a broader understanding of and greater appreciation for Italian Americans' contributions to the United States.

Author : Robert Aiello
Publisher :
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,93 MB
Release : 2017-09
Category :
ISBN : 9780578195544

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Glasco was a small town witha view of the Hudson River.Boasting two general stores,where 2 root beer barrels cost a penny and a loaf of bread about fifteen cents.The average annual income in 1948was about $3,000 and a new Ford cost about $1,500. But most could not afford it. Immigrants had left their homes in Italy to come to America to start a new life, thissmall Hamlet was mostly comprised of Italian Immigrants.The author, Robert Aiello has presented a heart-warming glimpse of a somewhat simple and uncomplicated life. A life of backbreaking work was always filled with fond memories ofthe ¿old country¿ and wonderful times shared with family and friends. Aiello brings back to life these wonderful yet struggling times, in a sense, the joy of having nothing. He demonstrates how we preserve the memories of these immigrant¿s lives and their families ethnic experiences. Soopen the door and step in. Aiello, a life-long area resident grew up in Glasco. He holdsdegrees in Business Administration and Human Services andcompleted his education at Empire State College. He served in the U.S. Army in 1968. In addition to owning a hair salonbusiness, he also served in the Ulster County Legislature for 18 years. He is currently retired and lives with his wife Christine. They have one daughter Kara and a granddaughter, Ella who live in Massachusetts.

Author : Salvatore J. LaGumina
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 46,38 MB
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1135583331

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First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Scarpaci, Vincenza
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 38,63 MB
Release :
Category : Immigrants
ISBN : 9781455606832

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The influence of Italians in American cuisine, industry, sports, entertainment, and language is profound. Using photographs to illustrate more than a century of Italian experiences in the United States, the author provides an intimate and informed glimpse into the history of prejudice, hardship, celebration, and success faced by this rich Mediterranean people. A celebration of common men and women alongside notable Italian American celebrities and public figures, this book is a cultural photo album.--From publisher description.

Author : Francis N. Elmi
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 21,30 MB
Release : 2020-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0761871993

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The Italian Americans: A Multicultural View exemplifies a meaningful attempt to inform readers about the Italian Americans’ various experiences in the United States. Unlike many works on the Italian American experience, this unique text explains why popular negative notions of Italian American life are inaccurate. Moreover, this book provides useful information to help the reader become more cognizant of not only the Italian American experience, but the ethnic American experience in general. The eleven chapters of this book are an important beginning for the reader to become informed of the Italian American sociohistorical experiences, including the oppression, exploitation, and discrimination in the United States, past and present.