2009
February 28, 2009
LaVeritàLaVerdadTheTruth
La vera leggenda di Tony Vilar (2006), Giuseppe Gagliardi, dir.
Giuseppe Gagliardi’s film La vera leggenda di Tony Vilar is a musical journey tracing the circuitous routes of the Italian diaspora.
February 21, 2009
An American Folklorist in Italy
Alan Lomax/Association for Cultural Equity
Moncalvo (Asti province), Piemonte, October 7, 1954.
Alan Lomax’s stunning photographs from Italy (1954-1955) are published.
February 18, 2009
What’s his name?! What’s his name?!
True Love (1989), Nancy Savoca, dir.
Italian-American naming traditions of abandonment, reclamation, nicknaming, and forgetting.
January 19, 2009
The Vergognosi of Staten Island
"Italian Americans for Obama" 2008 presidential campaign sticker.
Again, Italian Americans are involved in racist attacks. Again, it's time to speak up.
January 18, 2009
Sacred Space, Real Estate, and the Enacted Environment
Joseph Sciorra
Santa Febronia Catholic Society’s chapel in Hoboken, New Jersey, September 14, 2008.
Two religious buildings historically associated with Italian-American Catholics face challenges to survive.
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