Title: Devils in paradise
First published: 1997
Description: In these essays Pasquale Verdicchio stresses the need to view the cultural works of minority groups not solely from the perspective of their immigrant roots, but primarily as post-emigrant products.

Through writings on diverse figures such as Antonio Gramsci, the Super Mario Brothers, or Spike Lee, and on subjects that range from literature to sculpture and photography, the author closes in on a possible intellectual synthesis for what might be considered the most complex question of this end of century: What is the identity and place of a minority individual?
Subjects: Canadian literature, History and criticism, Intellectual life, Italian Authors, Italians, Minorities in literature, Ethnic identity, Italian Americans, Italian Canadians, Popular culture
Places: Canada
LC classification: F1035.I8 V47 1997