A New York writer explores the disconnect that many Italian Americans, rootedin the rocky soil of Southern Italy, feel between images from Bensonhurst andMafia movies, on one hand, and Northern Italian style and verve on the other.224 pp.
A New York writer explores the disconnect that many Italian Americans, rootedin the rocky soil of Southern Italy, feel between images from Bensonhurst...
In this richly researched, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, centuries-long story of the true Italian-American experience.
Looking beyond the familiar Little Italys and stereotypes fostered by The Godfather and The Sopranos, Laurino reveals surprising, fascinating lives: Italian-Americans working on sugar-cane plantations in Louisiana to those who were lynched in New Orleans; the banker who helped rebuild San Francisco after the great earthquake; families interned as "enemy aliens" in...
In this richly researched, beautifully designed and illustrated volume, Maria Laurino strips away stereotypes and nostalgia to tell the complicated, c...
