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.
American literature--Italian American authors--History and criticism. Italian Americans--Intellectual life. Italian Americans--Civilization. Italian Americans in literature.