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Subject(s)

• Italian Americans—Fiction [Browse]

Summary note

• "Italian Stories pays homage to the Italian-American experience, celebrating an Italian neighborhood in the Bronx during the 1930s and '40s, and mourning the loss of this ethnic identity with the migration of subsequent generations to the suburbs. With stories that are both melancholy and comic, Papaleo explores the contradictory desires of assimilation: his characters want to live the life of the average American while maintaining a strong link to their rich heritage.
• In addition, Papaleo rails against the damaging stereotypes of Italian-Americans propagated by the media in movies and television."--BOOK JACKET.

Contents

• Prologue for an Ethnic Life
• Pt. 1. Immigrant Epiphanies. The Kidnap. Mission. Nonna. Wedding Day for Ingebordo. The Weeks of Charity. Winds. Graduation. On the Mountain. Resting Place
• Pt. 2. Losing the Bronx. Agon. The Golden Fleece Returns via Le Havre. Homes and Rooms. The End. You See What You Did. The Shylock's Wedding. Security: Passing the Torch. Prison Notes of the Sixties. The Word to Go. Leaving Vermont
• Pt. 3. Blendings and Losses. The Last Sabbatical. Hits of the Past. Twenty-Nine Steps towards Re-adhesion. Memories Reflected in Palm Springs. Shrinks. Sizes. Friday Supper.

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ISBN

1564783065 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2001028789

OCLC

46729291

RCP

C - O

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