(Download) "Were You Always an Italian?: Ancestors and Other Icons of Italian America" by Maria Laurino * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Were You Always an Italian?: Ancestors and Other Icons of Italian America
- Author : Maria Laurino
- Release Date : January 17, 2001
- Genre: Anthropology,Books,Nonfiction,Social Science,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1032 KB
Description
"One of the best books about the immigrant experience in America....unique and gracefully written."—San Francisco Chronicle
Maria Laurino sifts through the stereotypes bedeviling Italian Americans to deliver a penetrating and hilarious examination of third-generation ethnic identity. With "intelligence and honesty" (Arizona Republic), she writes about guidos, bimbettes, and mammoni (mama's boys in Italy); examines the clashing aesthetics of Giorgio Armani and Gianni Versace; and unravels the etymology of southern Italian dialect words like gavone and bubidabetz. According to Frances Mayes, she navigates the conflicting forces of ethnicity "with humor and wisdom."
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