Italian Birds of Passage

Italian Birds of Passage
Author: Simona Frasca
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2014-09-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 113732242X

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This book reviews the period from the unification of Italy to the fascist era through significant Neapolitan performers such as Gilda Mignonette and Enrico Caruso. It traces the transformation of a popular tradition written in dialect into a popular tradition, written in Italian, that contributed to the production of "American" identity.


Italian Birds of Passage
Language: en
Pages: 287
Authors: Simona Frasca
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-09-24 - Publisher: Springer

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This book reviews the period from the unification of Italy to the fascist era through significant Neapolitan performers such as Gilda Mignonette and Enrico Caru
My Sicilian Legacy
Language: en
Pages: 422
Authors: Richard F. Cavallaro
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: AuthorHouse

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The lives of Angelo Cavallaro and Angela Gravagna are entwined in a backdrop set in the coastal areas of the Province of Catania, Sicily, and moves onto the nor
The Boston Italians
Language: en
Pages: 358
Authors: Stephen Puleo
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Beacon Press

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In this lively and engaging history, Stephen Puleo tells the story of the Boston Italians from their earliest years, when a largely illiterate and impoverished
From Paesani to White Ethnics
Language: en
Pages: 278
Authors: Stefano Luconi
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-02-01 - Publisher: SUNY Press

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Examines the transformations of Italian American ethnic identity in twentieth-century Philadelphia.
Italian-American Folklore
Language: en
Pages: 312
Authors: Frances M. Malpezzi
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: august house

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Italian-Americans compose one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States, numbering more than 14 million in the 1990 census. Though they have often been