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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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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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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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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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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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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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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