Italian Americans celebrate life : the arts and popular culture :selected essays from the 22nd Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association / editors, Paola A. Sensi Isolani, Anthony Julian Tamburri.
Literature -- Breaking the silence: Strategic imperatives for Italian American culture / Robert Viscusi -- Autobiography as piecework: The wirtings of Helen Barolini / Fred L. Gradaphe -- Helen Barolini's Umbertina: The gender/ethnic dilemma / Anthony Julian Tamburri -- -- Film -- The influence of Hollywood on DeSanctis' Earth Trilogy / Antonio Vitti -- America through Italian/American eyes: Dream or nightmare / Ben Lawton -- -- Art -- Towards a celebration: The Columbus monument in New York / Carol Bradley -- Italian image makers in France, England, and the United States / Paola A. Sensi Isolani -- -- Music -- New Yorkers and Italian child street musicians in the 1870's / John Zucchi -- The Italian American contribution to jazz / Julia Volpelletto Nakamura -- -- Popular Culture -- The origins of southern Italian Good Friday processions / Barbara Corrado Pope -- Understanding Joe DiMaggio as an Italian American hero / Jack B. Moore.
