Interrogations into Italian-American Studies: The Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation Lectures Contributor(s): Tamburri, Anthony Julian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1599541432 ISBN-13: 9781599541433 Publisher: Bordighera Press OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Essays - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Literary Criticism | European - Italian |
Dewey: 305.850 |
LCCN: 2019937315 |
Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6" W x 9" (0.48 lbs) 158 pages |
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Publisher Description: Literary Nonfiction. Italian American Studies. . . . A strong sense of commonality is that necessary ingredient for the population to cohere and this to progress: for the study of all things Italian/American to become part and parcel of the dominant culture, as it is for other United States hyphenated groups. All of this is dependent on an Italian/American commitment (impegno) to the appreciation of our culture. This entails an active participation in cultural activities of all sorts; it requires that Italian/American groups make a concerted effort to go beyond those one or two activities they have identified as their own, and make attempts to expand their agenda to include a new, more encompassing form of cultural integration. All of this, as we shall see, is dependent on a combination of cultural awareness and appreciation: namely a new sense of the Italian/American self that ultimately leads to an appropriation of one's cultural legacy.--from the introduction |