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ethnic identity

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

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

Joey Skee

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.”

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...

Italian Americans Between Guidos and Columbus. An Interview with Nancy Carnevale

Ottorino Cappelli

There is nothing new in certain segments of the community trying to impose their views of what it means to be Italian American on others. This controversy reminds me of recent...

Westward the Women

Laura E. Ruberto

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

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