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In 1938, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini introduced institutionalized antisemitism in his country with the Racial Laws and set in motion events that would culminate…
This evening presents two books set in the post–World War II era. Hailed by Kirkus as “a well-crafted and affecting literary tale,” Olivia Kate Cerrone’s…
In 1971 patrolman Frank Serpico became the world’s most famous whistleblower, exposing rampant corruption in the New York City Police Department. Peter Maas’s best-selling book…
The second volume of New Italian Migrations to the United States (University of Illinois Press, 2017) continues the critical conversation with its predecessor by exploring Italian immigration to the United…
Saladin Ambar’s American Cicero (Oxford University Press, 2017) traces Mario Cuomo’s rise through the rough-and-tumble world of New York City politics to become its liberal champion. A…
In this collection of images, photojournalist Martha Cooper, well-known for her work on graffiti and the early days of hip-hop, documents Italian American vernacular expressive…
The 1935 song “Faccetta Nera,” a paean to the Fascist imperialist enterprise in Africa, addresses the “little black face” that is the anonymous Abyssinian woman,…
In Global Tarantella (University of Illinois Press, 2017) Incoronata Inserra ventures into the history, global circulation, and recontextualization of tarantella, a genre of Southern Italian folk music…
Edited by Ryan Calabretta-Sajder Noted as a ‘civil poet’ by Alberto Moravia, Pier Paolo Pasolini was a creative and philosophical genius whose works challenged generations…
On this August episode we’ll discuss Bilingualism in NY, the first bilingual program in Italian in the borough of Manhattan. Our guests are Stefania Puxeddu and…
On this August episode we’ll discuss Bilingualism in NY, the first bilingual program in Italian in the borough of Manhattan. Our guests are Stefania Puxeddu and…
On this August episode we’ll discuss Bilingualism in NY, the first bilingual program in Italian in the borough of Manhattan. Our guests are Stefania Puxeddu and…