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Guido: Stereotype, Caricature, or Lifestyle?

Chiara and Franco Montalto

What is this guido thing? Is it pure caricature put on us by the outside world, or do we have an active part in it? Is it lifestyle or demeaning stereotype? A (former guido)...

Guido: An Italian-American Youth Style

On Guidos, Gramsci, and Irony Deficiency

Laura E. Ruberto

Why Italian Americans need to take action, a Pasquinian response to some recent debates.

Criss-Crossing Migrations

"Bitter Bread" for the US. An Encounter With Gianfranco Norelli

Letizia Airos Soria

Extended interview with Gianfranco Norelli, writer and director of the documentary film "Bitter Bread" (Pane Amaro). The new version for American audiences will be screened on...

It Takes a "Piazza"

Two Writers Meet the Italian Piazza. Part 2: Interview with Amara Lakhous

Marina Melchionda

Two writers from Italy, Amara Lakhous and Stefano Benni, will soon come to the U.S. to present their new works. The two novels embody two different conceptions and attitudes...

An Italian/American State of Mind

“Off the Boat” - Then and Now

Tom Verso

Scholars have failed to differentiate two different Italian American “states of mind” and the cultural and sociological implications of that dichotomy.