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Leaving Little Italy

Essaying Italian American Culture

By: Fred L. Gardaphé

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Leaving Little Italy

Essaying Italian American Culture

By: Fred L. Gardaphé

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.

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State University of New York Press

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0791485978

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9780791485972

Dagoes Read

Tradition and the Italian/American Writer

By: Fred L. Gardaphé

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Dagoes Read

Tradition and the Italian/American Writer

By: Fred L. Gardaphé

Since 1987, writer and critic Fred Gardaphé has regularly reviewed Italian/North American literature in Fra Noi, an Italian/American monthly newspaper based in Chicago. This volume features the best of 'Parole Scritte', his monthly columns. Introduced by an essay from which the collection gets its title, Dagoes Read is the first publication of its kind in the history of Italian/North American literature. It serves as a fine introduction to this literary movement as well as a survey of recent publications by Italian/North Americans. Works reviewed include those by Tony Ardiaone, Dorothy Bryant, Pietro di Donato, John Fante, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Frank Lentricchia, Jay Parini, Diane Raptosh, Gay Talese, Sal LaPuma, and many others.

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244

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Guernica Editions

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1550710311

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9781550710311

From Wiseguys to Wise Men

The Gangster and Italian American Masculinities

By: Fred Gardaphe

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From Wiseguys to Wise Men

The Gangster and Italian American Masculinities

By: Fred Gardaphe

The gangster, in the hands of the Italian American artist, becomes a telling figure in the tale of American race, gender, and ethnicity - a figure that reflects the autobiography of an immigrant group just as it reflects the fantasy of a native population. From Wiseguys to Wise Men studies the figure of the gangster and explores its social function in the construction and projection of masculinity in the United States. By looking at the cultural icon of the gangster through the lens of gender, this book presents new insights into material that has been part of American culture for close to 100 years.

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Routledge

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1135397791

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From Wiseguys to Wise Men

The Gangster and Italian American Masculinities

By: Fred L. Gardaphé

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From Wiseguys to Wise Men

The Gangster and Italian American Masculinities

By: Fred L. Gardaphé

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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0415946476

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