Research Catalog

Title

Oral history, oral culture, and Italian Americans / edited by Luisa Del Giudice.

Publication

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

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Additional Authors

• Del Giudice, Luisa.
• American Italian Historical Association.

Description

xii, 269 p. : ill., music; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Italian and Italian American studies

Uniform Title

Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Subjects

• Oral history > Congresses
• Italian Americans > Folklore > Congresses
• Oral tradition > Congresses
• Italian Americans > Social life and customs > Congresses

Note

• Papers originally presented at the 2005 annual conference of the American Italian Historical Association.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

Call Number

IEE (Italians) 10-8092

ISBN

• 9780230619470
• 0230619479

LCCN

2009013901

OCLC

316829418

Title

Oral history, oral culture, and Italian Americans / edited by Luisa Del Giudice.

Imprint

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.

Edition

1st ed.

Series

Italian and Italian American studies

Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Table of contents only

Added Author

Del Giudice, Luisa.

American Italian Historical Association.

Research Call Number

IEE (Italians) 10-8092