LEADER 03429nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910965506803321 005 20251116204451.0 010 $a0-7914-8597-8 010 $a1-4175-3841-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000448705 035 $a(OCoLC)61367837 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10594861 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000190788 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11168186 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000190788 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10180075 035 $a(PQKB)11644368 035 $a(OCoLC)56408573 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse6081 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3408533 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10594861 035 $a(DE-B1597)682843 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780791485972 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3408533 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000448705 100 $a20021219d2004 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLeaving little Italy $eessaying Italian American culture /$fFred L. Gardaphe 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAlbany $cState University of New York Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 225 0$aSUNY series in Italian/American culture 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-7914-5918-7 311 08$a0-7914-5917-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 167-183) and index. 327 $tFront Matter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIntroduction -- $tA Historical Survey -- $tThe Southern Answer -- $tInventing Italian America -- $tMythologies of Italian America -- $tThematic Essays -- $tLeft Out -- $tThe Consequences of Class in Italian American Culture -- $tVariations of Italian American Women?s Autobiography -- $tCriticism as Autobiography -- $tWe Weren?t Always White -- $tLinguine and Lust -- $tLeaving Little Italy -- $tNotes -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex 330 $aLeaving 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. 606 $aAmerican literature$xItalian American authors$xHistory and criticism 606 $aItalian Americans$xIntellectual life 606 $aItalian Americans$xCivilization 606 $aItalian Americans in literature 615 0$aAmerican literature$xItalian American authors$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aItalian Americans$xIntellectual life. 615 0$aItalian Americans$xCivilization. 615 0$aItalian Americans in literature. 676 $a810.9/851 700 $aGardaphe?$b Fred L$0542273 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910965506803321 996 $aLeaving little Italy$91116598 997 $aUNINA