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Remembering Italian America: Memory Migration Identity examines the life of Italians in the United States and the role of migration and collective memory in the history of the construction of Italian American identity. Employing the concept of communicative memory the authors explain the processes that gave shape to Italian identity in America and the ways in which a symbolic identity became concretized in Italian American oral histories. The text explores the Italy migrants left behind transatlantic networks the welcome received by the Italian newcomers the socioeconomic fabric of Italian America and the singular worldview that grew out of the immigrant experience. In exploring the role of memory in the construction of Italian American identity the book analyzes the commonalities in the lives of immigrants allowing the Italian American experience to speak to the circumstances of newer immigrant communities and allowing these new immigrant communities to speak to the Italian migrant history. Looking at Italian American culture from a multidisciplinary perspective this volume brings various theoretical perspectives to bear on what why and how questions concerning the Italian American experience. This book will be of interest to students of ethnic studies immigration studies and American/transnational studies as well as American history. Winner of the 2022 Italian American Studies Association Book Award | Remembering Italian America Memory Migration Identity
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Remembering Italian America: Memory Migration Identity examines the life of Italians in the United States and the role of migration and collective memory in the history of the construction of Italian American identity. Employing the concept of communicative memory the authors explain the processes that gave shape to Italian identity in America and the ways in which a symbolic identity became concretized in Italian American oral histories. The text explores the Italy migrants left behind transatlantic networks the welcome received by the Italian newcomers the socioeconomic fabric of Italian America and the singular worldview that grew out of the immigrant experience. In exploring the role of memory in the construction of Italian American identity the book analyzes the commonalities in the lives of immigrants allowing the Italian American experience to speak to the circumstances of newer immigrant communities and allowing these new immigrant communities to speak to the Italian migrant history. Looking at Italian American culture from a multidisciplinary perspective this volume brings various theoretical perspectives to bear on what why and how questions concerning the Italian American experience. This book will be of interest to students of ethnic studies immigration studies and American/transnational studies as well as American history. Winner of the 2022 Italian American Studies Association Book Award | Remembering Italian America Memory Migration Identity
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