AIHA Conference Volume
22. 1989. Italian Americans Celebrate Life: The Arts and Popular Culture.. Paola A. Sensi Isolani and Anthony Julian Tamburri, eds. 1990. 180 pp. Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California. November 9-11, 1989.
Table of Contents
The Presidents Message
p. i
Introduction
p. 1
Literature
Viscusi, Robert. Breaking the Silence: Strategic Imperatives for Italian American Culture
p. 7
Gardaphe, Fred L. Autobiography as Piecework: The Writings of Helen Barolini
p. 19
Tamburri, Anthony Julian. Helen Barolinis Umbertina: The Gender/Ethnic Dilemma
p. 29
Film
Vitti, Antonio. The Influence of Hollywood on DeSanctis Earth Trilogy
p. 47
Lawton, Ben. America Through Italian/American Eyes: Dream of Nightmare
p. 59
Art
Bradley, Carol. Toward a Celebration: The Columbus Monument in New York
p. 81
Sensi Isolani, Paola A. Italian Image Makers in France, England, and the United States
p. 95
Music
Zucchi, John. New Yorkers and Italian Child Street Musicians in the 1870s
p. 117
Volpelletto Nakamura, Julia. The Italian American Contribution to Jazz
p. 141
Popular Culture
Corrado Pope, Barbara. The Origins of Southern Italian Good Friday Processions
p. 155
Moore, Jack B. Understanding Joe DiMaggio as an Italian American Hero
p. 169
Contributors
p. 179
Cover: Design and Graphics by Alessandro Isolani