Were You Always an Italian?

Were You Always an Italian?
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 232
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ISBN-10 : 0393049302
ISBN-13 : 9780393049305
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Book Synopsis Were You Always an Italian? by : Maria Laurino

Download or read book Were You Always an Italian? written by Maria Laurino and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist and writer Maria Laurino blends autobiography and cultural history in this revealing look at Italian culture and its impact on Italian-American, and American, life. Particularly valuable is her discussion of stereotyping (both nostalgic and negative) and her insightful description of her struggle, beginning in adolescence, with her own Italian identity. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR


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