Category: Archived Journals

Vol. XXXIX No. 2 Summer 2021

Vol. XXXIX No. 2 Summer 2021

Table of Contents Letter from the Editor………………………………………………………………… v Notes on Contributors………………………………………………………………. ix Articles Notes on the Narrative Function of Laughter in Sweet Hope Cristina Di Maio…………………………………………………………… 113 Robert Ferro’s and Felice Picano’s Italian Journeys through the Eyes of Max and Felice Luca Lanzilotta…………………………………………………………….. 127 Reminiscences of Two Artists Carol Bonomo Albright………………………………………………….. 143 Tribute to Lawrence …

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Vol. XXXIX No. 1 Winter 2021

Vol. XXXIX No. 1 Winter 2021

Table of Contents Letter from the Editor………………………………………………………………… v Notes on Contributors………………………………………………………………. ix Articles From Drummer Boy to Missionary: Culture, Religion, and Identity in Antonio Andrea Arrighi’s The Story of Antonio, the Galley-Slave (1911) Leonardo Buonomo…………………………………………………………… 1 Modern Machiavelli Anthony Santaro…………………………………………………………….. 19 Embodying Italian-American Ethnicity in Frank Lentricchia’s The Music of the Inferno Nanyi Zhou……………………………………………………………………. 29 …

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Vol. XXVIII No. 2 Summer 2020

Vol. XXVIII No. 2 Summer 2020

Table of Contents Letter from the Editor………………………………………………………………… v Notes on Contributors………………………………………………………………. ix Interview and Essay Stephen Sartarelli—Catching Up Joan Leotta………………………………………………………………….. 105 Essay: An Excursion to Tindari Joan Leotta………………………………………………………………….. 109 Articles Nonsense or Riddle? Elusive Genre in Giuseppe Pitrè’s Sicilian Folktales Joseph Russo……………………………………………………………….. 115 A US Feminist in “the Land of Remorse”: Re-considering the Southern Italian …

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Vol. XXXVIII No. 1 Winter 2020

Vol. XXXVIII No. 1 Winter 2020

Table of Contents Letter from the Editor………………………………………………………………… v Notes on Contributors………………………………………………………………. ix Articles Notions of Space and Questions of Identity: Italian Americans in Tina De Rosa’s Novel Paper Fish (1980) Sirpa Salenius………………………………………………………………….. 1 Giuseppe De Simone: from Mirabella Eclano to Seattle Raffaele Di Zenzo…………………………………………………………… 27 Preserving, Remembering, and Commemorating the Italian American Experience in the …

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Vol. XXXVII No. 2 Summer 2019

Vol. XXXVII No. 2 Summer 2019

Table of Contents Letter from the Editor………………………………………………………………… v Notes on Contributors………………………………………………………………. ix Articles Florence Scala: A Disowned Community Leader by Sandro Corso………………………………………………………………… 99 “Curious Victories”: The Famous Murder Case of Maria Barbella and Italian- American Women in the Press Between the 1890s and 1910s by Marina Cacioppo………………………………………………………….. 119 Poetry Introduction by Maria Terrone……………………………………………………………… 141 “Leopardi’s Lament: …

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Vol. XXXVII No. 1 Winter 2019

Vol. XXXVII No. 1 Winter 2019

Table of Contents Letter from the Editor………………………………………………………………… v Notes on Contributors………………………………………………………………. ix ArtIcles Chicago to Islam: Assimilation Figures in Five Stories by Tony Ardizzone Fred Misurella………………………………………………………………… 1 “Let’s have a glass of vino”: Italian immigrants, wine and community in John Fante’s The Brotherhood of the Grape Sostene Massimo Zangari………………………………………………….. 7 Praying Toward Acceptance: Aspects of …

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Volume XXXV No. 2 Summer 2017

Volume XXXV No. 2 Summer 2017

Table of Contents Letter from the Editor  107 Notes on Contributors  111 Articles “That’s Your Uncle? He’s White!” “Yeah, A Long Time”: Negotiating Whiteness in the Rocky/Creed Series Stephen Hock  117 White Ethnic Racial Backlash and Black Millennial Counter-narrative: Intersections of Race and Masculinity in Sylvester Stallone’s Rocky Series and Ryan Kyle Coogler’s Creed Jessica …

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Volume XXXVI No. 1 Winter 2018

Volume XXXVI No. 1 Winter 2018

Table of Contents Letter from the Editor  1 Notes on Contributors  3 Articles A Calabrian in Minnesota: The Tales of James Mancina Matthew Reza  9 Dual US-Italian Citizenship: New World Italians Come Full Circle Susan Perri  29 Interviews Stephen Sartarelli Carla Simonini  45 Poetry Ned Balbo Essay, “The Song I Sing and the Book I …

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Volume XXXVI No. 2 Summer 2018

Volume XXXVI No. 2 Summer 2018

Table of Contents Letter from the Editor v Notes on Contributors ix Articles The Delivery of Mussolini’s Rings in Rhode Island: A Collaboration between Catholic Priests and Italian Fascist Officials Valeria Federici 121 Membranza Sì Cara e Fatal: Verdi’s “Va, pensiero” as an Icon of Italian Culture from the 1850s to the Present Date Stephanie …

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Volume XXXV No. 1 Winter 2017

Volume XXXV No. 1 Winter 2017

Table of Contents Letter from the Editor1 Notes on Contributors5 Articles Protection of Italian Laborers on U.S. Soil:Proposals of a Federal Anti-Lynching Law and Relations Between Italy and the United States/ Patrizia Fama Stahle11 Alien Enemy M68-279: The Unresolved Case of Vincenzo Beltrone/ Roslyn Bernstein27 Poetry Featured Poet Anne Marie Macari, Essay: Beginnings39 Train41 Alligator42 …

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