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Feeling Italian : the Art of Ethnicity in America.

2006 American Book Award, presented by the Before Columbus Foundation. Southern 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 &quo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ferraro, Thomas J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2005.
Colección:Nation of newcomers.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:2006 American Book Award, presented by the Before Columbus Foundation. Southern 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 peop.
Notas:Ferraro_CVR_lg.pdf; 9780814727478_Ferraro_POD_stitched.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (273 pages)
ISBN:9780814728635
0814728634