Cosco Imagining Italians

The Clash of Romance and Race in American Perceptions, 1880-1910
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-7914-8662-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 243 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in Italian/American Culture

Explores changes in American attitudes toward Italy and Italians during a crucial period of U.S. immigration history.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cosco, Joseph P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Introduction: Magnificently Miserable Italians and Their Wretched, Princely Italy
1. Jacob Riis: Immigrants Old and New, and the Making of Americans
2. Edward Steiner: All Is (Not) Race?
3. Henry James's Picturesque Peasants: Heroes of Romance or Modern Men?
4. Henry James's "Flagrant Foreigners": Whose Country Is This Anyway?
5. Mark Twain: Racism, Nativism, and the Twinning of Italianness
Conclusion: The Fight for Whiteness
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph P. Cosco is Assistant Professor of English at Old Dominion University.