Oral History, Oral Culture, and Italian Americans [electronic resource] /
American Italian Historical Association. Conference
American Italian Historical Association.
Giudice, Luisa Del.editor.
This book introduces readers to a wide range of interpretations that take oral history and folklore as the premise with a focus on Italian and Italian American culture in disciplines such as history, ethnography, memoir, art, and music.
Papers originally presented at the 2005 annual conference of the American Italian Historical Association.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Speaking memory : oral history, oral culture, and Italians in America / Luisa Del Giudice -- What makes oral history different / Alessandro Portelli -- Oral histories of Italian Americans in the Great Depression : the politics and economics of the crisis / Stefano Luconi -- Il Corriere del Pomeriggio of the Gruppo Lonatese of San Rafael, Marin County, California / Ernesto R. Milani -- Breaking the code of silence woman to woman / Marie Saccomando Coppola -- Twice-told tales : art and oral histories from the Tenement Museum and Ellis Island / B. Amore -- Cantastorie : ethnography as storysinging / Christine F. Zinni -- "That's not Italian music!" My musical journey from New York to Italy and back again / John T. La Barbera -- Simple does not mean easy : oral traditional values, music and the musicàntica experience / Roberto Catalano and Enzo Fina -- The north end is a state of mind surrounded by water / Augusto Ferraiuolo -- The alms-seeking tradition of Sant'Antonio Abate in 1920s western Pennsylvania / Michael Di Virgilio -- In search of the roots of Stregheria : preliminary observations on the history of a reclaimed tradition / Sabina Magliocco -- My Homer / Joanna Clapps Herman -- Alessandra Belloni : in her own words / interview and translation into English by Luisa Del Giudice.
This book introduces readers to a wide range of interpretations that take oral history and folklore as the premise with a focus on Italian and Italian American culture in disciplines such as history, ethnography, memoir, art, and music.
America-History.
Civilization-History.
Italy-History.
History, Modern.
Social history.
Oral history.
History of the Americas.
Cultural History.
History of Italy.
Modern History.
Social History.
Oral History.