Interrogations into Italian-American Studies: The Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation Lectures

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

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Bordighera Press
Published: 04/14/2020
ISBN: 9781599541433
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.48lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.34d