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ethnic identity

Part I -- The Unfortunate Pilgrim*: Or You Can’t Get There From Here

(17 07 2015) Jerry Krase

*With apologies to Mario Puzo this essay in three-parts will demonstrate why, as to reconnecting to or even finding my Sicilian/Italian ethnic roots, "you can't get there from...

Talkin’ Hybrid Moments

(18 11 2010) Joseph Sciorra

Introductory comments to the Calandra Institute’s November 5th symposium “Hybrid Moments: Independent Music in Italian America.”

Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe, Vote for the Guy Whose Name Ends in “O.”

(12 06 2010) Jerry Krase

Two (or perhaps three) people with Italian-sounding last names are simultaneously running for governor of the State of New York. This means that Italian American voters will have...

Westward the Women

(07 07 2008) Laura E. Ruberto

What Frank Capra and an obscure William Wellman western might tell us about Italian American women.

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