Leaving little Italy : essaying Italian American culture /
Gardaph�e, Fred L.
Leaving little Italy : essaying Italian American culture / Fred L. Gardaphe. - Albany : State University of New York Press, 2004. - xix, 195 p. ; 23 cm. - SUNY series in Italian/American culture . - SUNY series in Italian/American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-183) and index.
A Historical Survey -- The Southern Answer: Making Little Italys -- Inventing Italian America -- Mythologies of Italian America: From Little Italys to Suburbs -- Thematic Essays -- Left Out: Three Italian American Writers of the 1930s -- The Consequences of Class in Italian American Culture -- Variations of Italian American Women's Autobiography -- Criticism as Autobiography -- We Weren't Always White: Race and Ethnicity in Italian American Literature -- Linguine and Lust: Notes on Food and Sex in Italian American Culture -- Conclusion: Leaving Little Italy: Legacies Real and Imagined.
0791459187 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780791459188 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0791459179 (alk. paper) 9780791459171 (alk. paper)
2002044771
American literature--Italian American authors--History and criticism.
Italian Americans--Intellectual life.
Italian Americans--Civilization.
Italian Americans in literature.
PS 153 .I8 / G38 2004
Leaving little Italy : essaying Italian American culture / Fred L. Gardaphe. - Albany : State University of New York Press, 2004. - xix, 195 p. ; 23 cm. - SUNY series in Italian/American culture . - SUNY series in Italian/American culture. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-183) and index.
A Historical Survey -- The Southern Answer: Making Little Italys -- Inventing Italian America -- Mythologies of Italian America: From Little Italys to Suburbs -- Thematic Essays -- Left Out: Three Italian American Writers of the 1930s -- The Consequences of Class in Italian American Culture -- Variations of Italian American Women's Autobiography -- Criticism as Autobiography -- We Weren't Always White: Race and Ethnicity in Italian American Literature -- Linguine and Lust: Notes on Food and Sex in Italian American Culture -- Conclusion: Leaving Little Italy: Legacies Real and Imagined.
0791459187 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780791459188 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0791459179 (alk. paper) 9780791459171 (alk. paper)
2002044771
American literature--Italian American authors--History and criticism.
Italian Americans--Intellectual life.
Italian Americans--Civilization.
Italian Americans in literature.
PS 153 .I8 / G38 2004