Portrayals of Italian-Americans in the Media
NEW YORK TIMES. Letter to the editor by Anthony J. Tamburri, dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, Queens College, CUNY. (Read)
Home Top News Bloomberg Slow-Food Group Assails Italy for Backing New McDonald’s Burger
BUSINNES WEEK. Italy’s slow-food movement, led by a non-profit organization that opposes fast food, criticized the government’s endorsement of McDonald’s Corp.’s new line of McItaly burgers. (Read the article)
Florence show embraces 'toilet as art'. Exhibit inspired by Duchamp's iconic 1917 urinal artwork
ANSA. Florence's prestigious Palazzo Medici Riccardi building is playing host to a highly unusual exhibition exploring the concept of the toilet as art form. Inspired by Marcel Duchamp's infamous 1917 urinal artwork, 'Fountain', the exhibition's organizers asked 20 designers and artists to produce their own fantastical interpretations of toilets. (Read the article)
Rome celebrates Aboriginal art. Works by Australia's most prominent contemporary artists on show
ANSA. he largest exhibition of Aboriginal art ever held in Italy has opened in Rome, showcasing works by some of Australia's most prominent contemporary artists. (Read the article)
February 7, 2010
Le piccole cose
Guardo e cerco New York nelle piccole cose, convinta che nella vita i dettagli strutturino la forma ed i colori dei corpi. Ci componiamo di difetti, perfezioni e invisibili certezze.
Gianfranco Fini and the Three Facets of Italy in the U.S.
An impressive dinner organized by the Italian community at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York concluded the official state visit of the President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Gianfranco Fini addressed the diverse components of Italian emigration to the U.S. and earned once again the kind of bipartisan respect that Speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed to him in Washington last week.
Guido: A Generational Rebellion. Interview with Donna M. Chirico
I am not sure why mimicking the guido style is any better or worse than folks in a previous generation trying to be like James Dean or the pre-Godfather Marlon Brando. It is one generation’s rebellion against the previous generation. And it was the disobedience and unruly behavior, now “forgotten”, that helped to make Sinatra an icon for a particular generation.
This rebellion is needed to move toward establishment of identity as a new group that is independent from the previous generation.
Guidos on MTV: Tangled Up in the Feedback Loop
Why has MTV produced a youth culture reality show that showcases Guido and Italian identity? Guido offers a symbol that specifically identifies the brand; Italian ethnicity makes the brand more salient. Guido combines a commodified youth party culture with a style that has street culture roots. [...]
Guido is a struggle for recognition and respect by an age fraction that privileges consumption rather than formal education, reflecting class differences in an ethnic culture that continues to evolve in metropolitan New York City and throughout the Northeast. [...]
February 5, 2010
Come on, people! Don't Get Sidetracked Trashing Each Other
It is indeed ironic that the Jersey Shore TV show not only negatively stereotypes Italian Americans, but that it has Italian American leaders and scholars at war with each other----weakening further any hope of a serious longterm effort to disseminate and popularize the authentic history and culture of Italaian Americans.
February 5, 2010
IAWA Reading, Sat., Feb. 13 @ Cornelia St. Cafe Features Marisa Frasca & Paul D'Agostino
On Saturday, February 13, 2009 the Italian American Writers Association (IAWA) celebrates its 19th Anniversary at Cornelia St. Cafe (212-989-9319); with Marisa Frasca whose work often appears in both Sicilian and English and Paul D’Agostino, a polymath when it comes to the spoken word.
February 3, 2010
La prima volta e quella dopo
La New York che ho immaginato e costruito, frame by frame, e la New York che mordo e respiro, day by day.
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