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Pulitzer-nominated playwright Richard Vetere reads from his recently published plays Machiavelli and Caravaggio, which both premiered in 2006. Machiavelli explores the Italian’s personal and political…
Denise Scannell, New York City College of Technology, CUNY Tampa’s Italian Americans express a counter-discourse disputing the discourse of assimilation in which Italian-American ethnic identity…
Vera Dika, New Jersey City University The image of Italian-American women has changed over the course of film history. In American film, this female character…
In 1952, Pia Dilisa was ten-years-old when she last saw her younger brother Dominic and sister Antoinetta perched atop a donkey leaving their mountain village…
As the longest-serving mayor in recent history, Vincent “Buddy” Cianci of Providence, Rhode Island remains one of the country’s most controversial political figures. Cianci’s unflagging…
Unto the Daughters is a historical mystery and family story that unwraps layers of family, honor, memory, and fear to reveal an honor killing in…
Jack Zipes, University of Minnesota, and Joseph Russo, Haverford College The true treasures of European folklore are buried not in Germany, but in Sicily, and…
Filled with clips from classic films and an all-star list of interviewees, Beyond Wiseguys: Italian Americans and the Movies takes a comprehensive look at the…
Grace Russo Bullaro (Lehman College) In films of the New Italian Cinema such as Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960), and Ciao, Professore! (1992), the…
With humor and poignancy, these stories expose the social and sexual turmoil of men and women in “the old age of youth.” In “The Knife…
Poem in Action captures the world of poet Vincent Ferrini and his commitment to the unity of art and life in what he called “the…
Dorothy Louise Zinn (Università degli Studi della Basilicata) Ernesto De Martino (1908-1965) is widely acknowledged to be a founding figure of cultural anthropology in Italy,…