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Are Italians White?: How Race Is Made in America

by Jennifer Guglielmo

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-314) and index.

Synopsis:

When Italian immigrants landed on American shores they were outsiders: dark in complexion, culturally different, and unable to speak English. Over time the vibrant community assimilated and moved from being ethnically suspect to being racially privileged as America divided into black and white.

This dazzling collection of original essays from some of the country's leading thinkers asks the rather intriguing question - "Are Italians White"? Each piece carefully explores how, when and why whiteness became important to Italian Americans, and the significance of gender, class and nation to racial identity.

From tales of immigration to the stormy relationship between Italians and blacks, the volume presents a dynamic, insightful look at integration, community identity, radicalism, urban politics and creative expression. The authors also explore critical moments in community conflict from the murder of Yusef Hawkins in Bensonhurst to Frank Sinatra's visit to Italian Harlem in the 1940s.

In the tradition of groundbreaking works like "How the Irish Became White" and "How Jews Became White Folks," "Are Italian" "White?" is sure to become a landmark work that defines and adds to the dialogue on the distinct relationship that Italian Americans have had throughout American history to both racialized discrimination and racial privilege.

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This dazzling collection of original essays from some of the country's leading thinkers asks the rather intriguing question - Are Italians White? Each piece carefully explores how, when and why whiteness became important to Italian Americans, and the significance of gender, class and nation to racial identity.
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ISBN:
9780415934510
Editor:
Guglielmo, Jennifer
Editor:
Salerno, Salvatore
Editor:
Guglielmo, Jennifer
Editor:
Salerno, Salvatore
Author:
Guglielmo, Jennifer
Publisher:
Routledge
Location:
New York
Subject:
United states
Subject:
Ethnology
Subject:
Anthropology - Cultural
Subject:
Race relations
Subject:
Italian americans
Subject:
United States Race relations.
Subject:
Italian Americans -- Social conditions.
Subject:
anthropology;cultural anthropology
Series Volume:
IMS-20
Publication Date:
20030331
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Pages:
328
Dimensions:
8.96x6.02x.74 in. 1.01 lbs.
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Product details 328 pages Routledge - English 9780415934510 Reviews:
"Synopsis" by , When Italian immigrants landed on American shores they were outsiders: dark in complexion, culturally different, and unable to speak English. Over time the vibrant community assimilated and moved from being ethnically suspect to being racially privileged as America divided into black and white.

This dazzling collection of original essays from some of the country's leading thinkers asks the rather intriguing question - "Are Italians White"? Each piece carefully explores how, when and why whiteness became important to Italian Americans, and the significance of gender, class and nation to racial identity.

From tales of immigration to the stormy relationship between Italians and blacks, the volume presents a dynamic, insightful look at integration, community identity, radicalism, urban politics and creative expression. The authors also explore critical moments in community conflict from the murder of Yusef Hawkins in Bensonhurst to Frank Sinatra's visit to Italian Harlem in the 1940s.

In the tradition of groundbreaking works like "How the Irish Became White" and "How Jews Became White Folks," "Are Italian" "White?" is sure to become a landmark work that defines and adds to the dialogue on the distinct relationship that Italian Americans have had throughout American history to both racialized discrimination and racial privilege.

"Synopsis" by , This dazzling collection of original essays from some of the country's leading thinkers asks the rather intriguing question - Are Italians White? Each piece carefully explores how, when and why whiteness became important to Italian Americans, and the significance of gender, class and nation to racial identity.
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