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When I Am Italian
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Author : Joanna Clapps Herman
language : en
Publisher: SUNY Press
Release Date : 2019-11-01
When I Am Italian written by Joanna Clapps Herman and has been published by SUNY Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Can a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian? “My ancestral Italian village in America was in Waterbury, Connecticut.” In this sentence, Joanna Clapps Herman raises the central question of this book: To what extent can a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian? The granddaughter of Italian immigrants who arrived in the United States in the early 1900s, Clapps Herman takes a complicated and nuanced look at the question of to whom and to which culture she ultimately belongs. Sometimes the Italian part of her identity—her Italianità—feels so aboriginal as to be inchoate, inexpressible. Sometimes it finds its expression in the rhythms of daily life. Sometimes it is embraced and enhanced; at others, it feels attenuated. “If, like me,” Clapps Herman writes, “you are from one of Italy’s overseas colonies, at least some of this Italianità will be in your skin, bones, and heart: other pieces have to be understood, considered, called to ourselves through study, travel, reading. Some of it is just longing. How do we know which pieces are which?” “In When I Am Italian, Joanna Clapps Herman asks, ‘Can a person born outside of Italy be Italian?’ Scholars have long been interested in how ethnic identity is constructed within specific historical contexts. In this collection of evocative essays, Clapps Herman illuminates the complex process of ethnic identity formation as she takes the reader on her life’s journey starting with her girlhood ‘up the farm’ in rural Connecticut with her extended Italian family. Stops in her ancestral home in Basilicata, and Torino—‘the opposite of Southern Italy’—reveal that being an American of Italian descent in Italy poses its own challenges.” — Nancy Carnevale, author of A New Language, A New World: Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890–1945 “A beautiful book. It takes us through the decades of the last century and into this one to ask what it means to be Italian long after one generation’s arrival, and to consider how deep and elemental the facts of that are. This is a subtle, moving, and original piece of work—to read it is to see the world around us differently.” — Joan Silber, author of Improvement: A Novel “When I Am Italian, Joanna Clapps Herman’s exquisite new memoir, begins with her rich, cocoonlike childhood inside an extended Italian American family in Waterbury, Connecticut. With its all-encompassing rituals of food, talk, and work, her family has transposed the rhythms of southern Italy to the new world. It’s only when Clapps Herman leaves home—to escape the restrictions and claim her own life—that she realizes that this part of her identity does not necessarily reflect how the rest of America sees itself. With beauty and insight, When I Am Italian gives us Clapps Herman’s fully lived understanding of the complex interweaving of culture and finding self.” — Lisa Wilde, author of Yo, Miss: A Graphic Look at High School “A vital voice in Italian American literature, Joanna Clapps Herman sings the subterranean stories and voices of her community. Steeped in archaic rituals, The Anarchist Bastard resonated with the echoes of ancient bards and cantastorie. When I Am Italian continues her exploration into the heart of cultural identity as it has survived and mutated in the country to which her ancestors migrated, yet with a difference: here the narrator visits more private, intimate selves. Traversing the genres of memoir and essay, Clapps Herman brings to the page a woman whose gestures, language, and memories are filtered through the sieve of being Italian, an identity she understands as inherited and chosen, fixed and fluid. Anyone who has inhabited the ‘liminal space’ of an ethnic community—not only readers of Italian descent and persuasion—will be seduced by the exquisite writing and will relish the tenderness and vulnerability with which this splendid book pulls us into a world where everyone can be Italian.” — Edvige Giunta, coeditor of Embroidered Stories: Interpreting Women’s Domestic Needlework from the Italian Diaspora
F Ck You I M Italian
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Author : Tony DiGerolamo
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2018-03-15
F Ck You I M Italian written by Tony DiGerolamo and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with Humor categories.
An entertaining, page-turning overview of Italian-American history and culture From ancient Rome to modern America, we Italians have always been the friggin’ best in art, science, culture and—Madonn’—food! Now, this fascinating collection of Italian history, people, facts and trivia will make you proudly say, “F*ck you, I’m Italian,” including . . . Culture—from the Renaissance to The Godfather Music—from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga History—from gladiators to Rocky Food—from sauce to cannoli Family—from Sunday mass to Sunday dinner
Shakespeare I Am Italian He Reveals Himself In Coded Messages
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Author : Vito Costantini
language : en
Publisher: Youcanprint
Release Date : 2016-05-09
Shakespeare I Am Italian He Reveals Himself In Coded Messages written by Vito Costantini and has been published by Youcanprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-09 with Literary Criticism categories.
The year 2016 is the four hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, the greatest playwright and poet of the English language. In reality, it was an illiterate actor who died in 1616. He had pilfered not only the stage name, but also the works of two Italian immigrants, Michelangelo and Giovanni Florio, father and son, who emigrated to England because of the Inquisition. In the last four centuries the British have falsified and possibly destroyed documents that would have led to a different but real truth. But, as the saying goes, there is no perfect crime. Who would have imagined that hidden in commonly used words there are coded messages, and in phrases seemingly banal or meaningless, information directed to the few then able to decipher it? The author of this book, Professor Vito Costantini, decoding for the first time in history eight different messages, finds and reveals the true identity of Shakespeare and the ambiguous symbols and their meaning on the portrait for the First Folio.
I Am Italian American
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Author : Brenda DePalma
language : en
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Release Date : 2002-12-15
I Am Italian American written by Brenda DePalma and has been published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12-15 with Social Science categories.
A Italian-American child talks about aspects of his Italian heritage, including famous Italians, foods, and traditions.
Wish You Were Italian
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Author : Kristin Rae
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-06-05
Wish You Were Italian written by Kristin Rae and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-05 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Pippa is in Italy for the summer and, despite her parents' wishes, she has no intention of just studying the local art! She has a list of things of her own to do: from swimming in the Mediterranean Sea to getting a makeover – and falling for an Italian boy! As Pippa explores the dramatic ruins of Rome and Pompeii, she is swept into her own drama with two guys: an irresistible local she knows is nothing but trouble and a cute American archaeology student . . . Will she find her true love? The perfect reckless romance to enjoy whether you are home or abroad.
Aria
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Author : Lucinda Edmonds
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1996
Aria written by Lucinda Edmonds and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Opera categories.
Italian Chic
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Author : Andrea Ferolla
language : en
Publisher: Assouline Publishing
Release Date : 2018-07-01
Italian Chic written by Andrea Ferolla and has been published by Assouline Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-01 with Travel categories.
Italy is a country synonymous with style and beauty in all aspects of life: the rich history of Rome, Renaissance art of Florence, graceful canals of Venice, high fashion of Milan, signature pasta alla bolognese of Bologna, colorful architecture of Portofino and winking blue waters of Capri and the Amalfi Coast, among many others. Italians themselves live effortlessly amid all this splendor, knowing instinctively just the type of outfit to throw on, design element to balance, or delectable ingredient to add.
Hey I M Italian
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Author : Judith A. Habert
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2007-06-13
Hey I M Italian written by Judith A. Habert and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-06-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Hey, I’m Italian is an insiders look at growing up Italian in New York. Abducted at gunpoint, being bitten on the nose by the family dog two days before my wedding, and paying for a lavish Hawaiian honeymoon only to learn that our travel agent had absconded with our money, were but a few of the events that shaped my life. But growing up Italian in New York, well that can really shake you up. This humorous account of my life, and the culture in which I was ensconced, shows that there is truly no greater tool in life than being able to laugh in the face of adversity. Hey, I’m Italian is filled with laughs, loves and lunacy, not to mention treasured family recipes and some classic Italian humor. There were many events that shaped my life, however there was only one which truly allowed me to understand why I handled life the way I did and that can be summed up in three simple words "Hey, I'm Italian"
In Other Words
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Author : Jhumpa Lahiri
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2016-02-11
In Other Words written by Jhumpa Lahiri and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-11 with Literary Collections categories.
In Other Words is a revelation. It is at heart a love story of a long and sometimes difficult courtship, and a passion that verges on obsession: that of a writer for another language. For Jhumpa Lahiri, that love was for Italian, which first captivated and capsized her during a trip to Florence after college. Although Lahiri studied Italian for many years afterwards, true mastery had always eluded her. Seeking full immersion, she decided to move to Rome with her family, for 'a trial by fire, a sort of baptism' into a new language and world. There, she began to read and to write – initially in her journal – solely in Italian. In Other Words, an autobiographical work written in Italian, investigates the process of learning to express oneself in another language, and describes the journey of a writer seeking a new voice. Presented in a dual-language format, this is a wholly original book about exile, linguistic and otherwise, written with an intensity and clarity not seen since Vladimir Nabokov: a startling act of self-reflection and a provocative exploration of belonging and reinvention.
Italians Dance And I M A Wallflower
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Author : Linda Falcone
language : en
Publisher: Florentine Press
Release Date : 2010
Italians Dance And I M A Wallflower written by Linda Falcone and has been published by Florentine Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Humor categories.
"Welcome to Italy, where spring breezes are a threat and political turnover is a promise. In a country where words are the most common music and gestures the most frequent dance, find out why wishing someone good luck attracts its polar opposite and why foods served on the same plate best be color-coordinated. Drawn from her column in The Florentine newspaper, Linda Falcone's vignettes take readers on an exhilarating ramble through Italy's life and language, both conjuring its beauties and unriddling its beasts"--