Italian Immigrant Radical Culture : The Idealism of the Sovversivi in the United States, 1890-1940
Marcella. Bencivenni
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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Utgitt | New York : : NYU Press, , 2011.
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Omfang | 1 online resource (288 p.)
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Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Italian American Radicalism: Old World Roots, New World Developments; 2 The Sovversivi and Their Cultural World; 3 A Literary Class War: The Italian American Radical Press; 4 Politics and Leisure: The Italian American Radical Stage; 5 Italian American Literary Radicalism; 6 Arturo Giovannitti: Poet and Prophet of Labor; 7 Allegories of Anti-Fascism: The Radical Cartoons of Fort Velona; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary of Frequently Used Italian Terms; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; About the Author. - 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 mini
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Emner | Giovannitti, Arturo M.
Italian American literature - History and criticism. Italian Americans - Intellectual life Italian Americans - Politics and government Vis mer... Radicalism - History - United States
Giovannitti, Arturo M., 1884-1959. Italian Americans -- Intellectual life -- 19th century. Italian Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century. Italian Americans -- Politics and government -- History -- 19th century. Italian Americans -- Politics and government -- History -- 20th century. Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century. Radicalism -- United States -- History -- 20th century. Ethnic & Race Studies Gender & Ethnic Studies Innvandrere Italienere Social Sciences |
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ISBN | 978-1479849024. - 9780814791035
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