Italian-American Culture
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Beyond Recognition: Lotharios, Thugs, Buffoons, and Gangsters -- Italian Americans and the Entertainment Industry
Italian Americans have paid a very high price for success in show business; they've had to sacrfice their true identities and commit an act of self-betrayal and cultural sterilization.
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WWII and Italian Americans, Part 2
Effect of the War on Italian American women -- a psycho-social profile.
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WWII and Italian Americans, Part 1
A psycho-social profile of the effect of World War II on second-generation Italian Americans and the process of Americanization.
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The Wedding Banquet
A tale set in Renaissance Italy about an angel who helps a rich man find true happiness.
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Old Wine, New Identities
As traditional territorial nationalism becomes a thing of the past, Italian Americans can use this opportunity to forge new identities derived from our cultural roots.
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Blood Ties and Civic Consciousness
How our dark worldview has kept us imprisoned in our communities and why we must move beyond these insular worlds to embrace the larger society.
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The Body in Italian American Culture
An exploration of the way Italian American culture has fostered our love of the human body.
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The Martyrdom of Sacco and Vanzetti
A narrative prose-poem about the Italian immigrants who were executed in Massachusetts on August 23, 1927 for a crime they didn't commit.
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Can Italian American Culture Be Saved?
To save authentic Italian American culture, we must rediscover its wellspring in our ethnic literature.
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Saints, Miracles, and the Virgin Mary
Some reasons for the persistence of our belief in saints.
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My Ethnic Awakening
An expatriate writer discovers his authentic voice when he embraces his cultural heritage.
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Towards a More Balanced View of Italian American Life, Part 2
Why aren't Italian Americans more supportive of their authentic artists and what can be done about it?
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Towards a More Balanced View of Italian American Life
Italian Americans are not telling their own authentic stories in books and films, thus allowing others to create a fake identity and usurp their cultural heritage. Why and how is this happening?
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