Voices in Italian Americana

a literary and cultural review

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Volume 8 Spring 1997 Number 1

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Table of Contents

Guest Spot

Daniela Gioseffi

Introduction

Carilda Oliver Labra

Critical Essays

Serena Anderlini-D’Onofrio

Neither “White Widow” nor “War Bride”:
The Discursive Construction of Italian Women in America

Theresa Carilli

Italian/American Performance Style in
My Cousin Vinny and Jungle Fever

Fiction

Tony Ardizzone

Field of Stone

Paola Corso

Freezer Burn

Sally de Mattia

Keep Quiet If You Know the Game

Marisa Labozzetta

At the Copa

Fred Misurella

A Man of His Time

Bruna Rassevi Hill

Alberta

Waves of Gold

Joseph Ricapito

On Visiting the Family Dead

Poetry

Susan Briante

Peter Covino

Albert DeGenova

LindaAnn Loschiavo

Maggie Martin

Italian Writing in North America

Stelio Cro

Ernesto Livorni

Corrado Paina

Readings

Desirée E. Everts

Martin Scorsese and His Young ‘Girl’: Female
Objectification in Who’s That Knocking at My Door?

Review Essay

Wiley Feinstein

Understanding and Not Understanding
Italo Calvino and Primo Levi

Sarah Iammarino

A Celebration of the Italian Culture:
Stanley Tucci and Campbell Scott’s Big Night

Armando Maggi

Language as “Resident Alien” in Justin Vitiello’s Texts

Anthony G. Rud, Jr.

Book and Screen: Educational Choices and Challenges

Rebecca West

From Back Alley to Main Street

Reviews

Alan Balboni. Beyond the Mafia: Italian Americans and the
Development of Las Vegas. (Steven J. Belluscio)

Roland R. Bianchi. Tunes from a Tuscan Guitar: The Life
and Times of an Italian Immigrant. (Gloria Nardini)

David Del Principe. Rebellion, Death and Aesthetics in Italy.
The Demons of Scapigliatura. (Laura A. Salsini)

Manuela Gieri. Contemporary Italian Filmmaking: Strategies
of Subversion. Pirandello, Fellini, Scola and the Directors
of the New Generation. (Cristina Degli-Esposti)

Giose Rimanelli, ed. Luigi Bonaffini, trans. Alien Cantica:
An American Journey (1964–1993). (RoseAnna Mueller)

Mario Maffi. Gateway to the Promised Land: Ethnic Cultures
in New York’s Lower East Side. (RoseAnna Mueller)

Leo Pantaleo. Il mistero Rodolfo Valentino. (Grazia Sotis)

Giuseppe Previtali. Doctor Beppo. (Christina Love)