Occhio contro occhio
August 11, 2008
A wall, a poem, a summer epiphany.
Joseph Sciorra
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 2008.
I am reminded of Eugenio Montale's haunting poem upon discovering a simple barrier wall built by an Italian immigrant in Brooklyn during the 1930s.
July 29, 2008
Watching Mob Movies with my Fourteen-Year-Old Son
Don Homer
A “teachable moment” about mafia realities and representations.
July 24, 2008
“Italians sunbathe as Gypsy girls drown.”
"Bimbe Rom annegate, l'indifferenza della spiaggia," were the succinct words many Italian news sources used in their feature on the story.
On vacation, Italy’s rightward turn haunts me.
July 15, 2008
Chi è Pete Panto?
Pete Panto (1911-1939)
An Italian-American worker who fought the mob that you never heard of.
July 11, 2008
Una malia contro il malocchio dei prominenti.
Eliza Putnam Heaton, "By-Paths in Sicily"
"Door Charms for the Evil Eye" (detail), Sicily, circa 1910.
Iettature, malie, & la lingua a strascinuni in the 21st century.
July 9, 2008
“O’ Giglio e Paradiso”: An Italian-American Musical Classic
(from left to right) Salvatore “Tutti” Ferrara, Antonio Rosalia, and Phil Caccavalle, giglio feast, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 1950.
What the Brooklyn giglio feast and an obscure musician might tell us about Italian-American culture.
July 1, 2008
Watching “Serpico” with my Thirteen-Year-Old Son
Musings on heroes, role models, and the Italian-American imaginative.
June 22, 2008
Linking the Diaspora Musically
Hip hop is contributing to an expanding Italian diasporic consciousness, one that offers possibilities for an anti-racist politic.
June 14, 2008
"C'è la luna": Anatomy of an Italian-American "Folk" Song
Pete Seeger singing "C'è la luna" (1967).
An Italian-American standard turns out to have a convoluted history that belies the simplistic label “folk song.”
May 26, 2008
The Garden of Earthly Delights in Fresno
Joseph Sciorra
Baldassare Forestiere's "Underground Gardens," Fresno, 2008.
A Brief Visit to California’s Subterranean Marvel, Baldassare Forestiere’s “Underground Gardens.”
May 25, 2008
Brigand or Emigrant, but Ultimately Film Protagonist
Michelina De Cesare (1841-1868)
Representations of brigands have shaped and continue to reshape perceptions of Italy and its people throughout the world.
May 24, 2008
Francesco Pepe, My Dutch Paisan
Francesco Pepe, at the home of Antonio “O’ Lione” Martone, Scafati, 2006.
A digital tale of diasporic linkages between Old and New Amsterdams.
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