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Maligned by modern media and often stereotyped, Italian Americans
possess a vibrant, if largely forgotten, radical past. In Italian
Immigrant Radical Culture, Marcella Bencivenni delves into the
history of the sovversivi, a transnational generation of social
rebels, and offers a fascinating portrait of their political
struggle as well as their milieu, beliefs, and artistic creativity
in the United States. As early as 1882, the sovversivi founded a
socialist club in Brooklyn. Radical organizations then multiplied
and spread across the country, from large urban cities to smaller
industrial mining areas. By 1900, thirty official Italian sections
of the Socialist Party along the East Coast and countless
independent anarchist and revolutionary circles sprang up
throughout the nation. Forming their own alternative press,
institutions, and working class organizations, these groups created
a vigorous movement and counterculture that constituted a
significant part of the American Left until World War II. Italian
Immigrant Radical Culture compellingly documents the wide spectrum
of this oppositional culture and examines the many cultural and
artistic forms it took, from newspapers to literature and poetry to
theater and visual art. As the first cultural history of Italian
American activism, it provides a richer understanding of the
Italian immigrant experience while also deepening historical
perceptions of radical politics and culture. See the official
website of the book at: http://www.marcellabencivenni.com
Maligned by modern media and often stereotyped, Italian Americans
possess a vibrant, if largely forgotten, radical past. In Italian
Immigrant Radical Culture, Marcella Bencivenni delves into the
history of the sovversivi, a transnational generation of social
rebels, and offers a fascinating portrait of their political
struggle as well as their milieu, beliefs, and artistic creativity
in the United States. As early as 1882, the sovversivi founded a
socialist club in Brooklyn. Radical organizations then multiplied
and spread across the country, from large urban cities to smaller
industrial mining areas. By 1900, thirty official Italian sections
of the Socialist Party along the East Coast and countless
independent anarchist and revolutionary circles sprang up
throughout the nation. Forming their own alternative press,
institutions, and working class organizations, these groups created
a vigorous movement and counterculture that constituted a
significant part of the American Left until World War II. Italian
Immigrant Radical Culture compellingly documents the wide spectrum
of this oppositional culture and examines the many cultural and
artistic forms it took, from newspapers to literature and poetry to
theater and visual art. As the first cultural history of Italian
American activism, it provides a richer understanding of the
Italian immigrant experience while also deepening historical
perceptions of radical politics and culture. See the official
website of the book at: http://www.marcellabencivenni.com
New York City's identity as a cultural and artistic center, as a
point of arrival for millions of immigrants sympathetic to
anarchist ideas, and as a hub of capitalism made the city a unique
and dynamic terrain for anarchist activity. For 150 years, Gotham's
cosmopolitan setting created a unique interplay between anarchism's
human actors and an urban space that invites constant reinvention.
Tom Goyens gathers essays that demonstrate anarchism's endurance as
a political and cultural ideology and movement in New York from the
1870s to 2011. The authors cover the gamut of anarchy's emergence
in and connection to the city. Some offer important new insights on
German, Yiddish, Italian, and Spanish-speaking anarchists. Others
explore anarchism's influence on religion, politics, and the visual
and performing arts. A concluding essay looks at Occupy Wall
Street's roots in New York City's anarchist tradition.
Contributors: Allan Antliff, Marcella Bencivenni, Caitlin Casey,
Christopher J. Castaneda, Andrew Cornell, Heather Gautney, Tom
Goyens, Anne Klejment, Alan W. Moore, Erin Wallace, and Kenyon
Zimmer.
New York City's identity as a cultural and artistic center, as a
point of arrival for millions of immigrants sympathetic to
anarchist ideas, and as a hub of capitalism made the city a unique
and dynamic terrain for anarchist activity. For 150 years, Gotham's
cosmopolitan setting created a unique interplay between anarchism's
human actors and an urban space that invites constant reinvention.
Tom Goyens gathers essays that demonstrate anarchism's endurance as
a political and cultural ideology and movement in New York from the
1870s to 2011. The authors cover the gamut of anarchy's emergence
in and connection to the city. Some offer important new insights on
German, Yiddish, Italian, and Spanish-speaking anarchists. Others
explore anarchism's influence on religion, politics, and the visual
and performing arts. A concluding essay looks at Occupy Wall
Street's roots in New York City's anarchist tradition.
Contributors: Allan Antliff, Marcella Bencivenni, Caitlin Casey,
Christopher J. Castaneda, Andrew Cornell, Heather Gautney, Tom
Goyens, Anne Klejment, Alan W. Moore, Erin Wallace, and Kenyon
Zimmer.
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