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Italian Americans in Film - Establishing and Challenging Italian American Identities (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
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Italian Americans in Film - Establishing and Challenging Italian American Identities (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)
Series: Italian and Italian American Studies
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This book examines how Italian Americans have been represented in
cinema, from the depiction of Italian migration in New Orleans in
the 1890s (Vendetta) to the transition from first- to
second-generation immigrants (Ask the Dust), and from the
establishment of the stereotype of the Italian American gangster
(Little Caesar, Scarface) to its re-definition (Mean Streets),
along with a peculiar depiction of Italian American masculinity
(Marty, Raging Bull). For many years, Italian migration studies in
the United States have commented on the way cinema contributed to
the creation of an identifiable Italian American identity. More
recently, scholars have recognized the existence of a more nuanced
plurality of Italian American identities that reflects social and
historical elements, class backgrounds, and the relationship with
other ethnic minorities. The second part of the book challenges the
most common stereotypes of Italian Americanness: food (Big Night)
and Mafia, deconstructing the criminal tropes that have contributed
to shaping the perception of Italian-American mafiosi in The
Funeral, Goodfellas, Donnie Brasco, and the first two chapters of
the Godfather trilogy. At the crossroads of the fields of Italian
Culture, Italian American Culture, Film Studies, and Migration
Studies, Italian Americans in Film is written not only for
undergraduate and graduate students but also for scholars who teach
courses on Italian American Cinema and Visual Culture.
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