Feeling Italian
Author | : Thomas J. Ferraro |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2005-05 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780814727478 |
ISBN-13 | : 0814727476 |
Rating | : 4/5 (476 Downloads) |
Download or read book Feeling Italian written by Thomas J. Ferraro and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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?