Maria Laurino

Were You Always an Italian?: Ancestors and Other Icons of Italian America (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"One of the best books about the immigrant experience in America....unique and gracefully written."San Francisco Chronicle

Maria Laurino sifts through the stereotypes bedeviling Italian Americans to deliver a penetrating and hilarious examination of third-generation ethnic identity. With "intelligence and honesty" (Arizona Republic), she writes about guidos, bimbettes, and mammoni (mama's boys in Italy); examines the clashing aesthetics of Giorgio Armani and Gianni Versace; and unravels the etymology of southern Italian dialect words like gavone and bubidabetz. According to Frances Mayes, she navigates the conflicting forces of ethnicity "with humor and wisdom."

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393343519
• Artikelnr.: 59590710

Autorenporträt

Maria Laurino is the author of Were You Always an Italian?, a national bestseller, and Old World Daughter, New World Mother. She lives in New York City with her husband and son.