ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURE, FILM AND LITERATURE

Prof. Fabio Girelli-Carasi

SON OF ITALY

LEGENDA      YELLOW HIGHLIGHT: REQUIRED

                      BLUE HIGHLIGHT: STRONGLY RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED

DUE THU FEB 27

The Great Migrations 1

BLOG REQUIRED

We will return to the importance of the African American experience in the re-definition of the "discourse" of equality and integration when we will read THE GODFATHER.  The Civil Rights Movement is at the core of the progressive interpretation -- and partially the success -- of Puzo's book.

QUESTIONS : RESEARCH: THE GREAT MIGRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM THE SOUTH

  • When did the Great Migration of African American from the South take place?
  • What were the main reasons of the Great Migration?
  • Why can we compare it to other mass migrations from foreign countries?

LISTENING   

THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS
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SCREENING    

ONE WAY TICKET
CLICK   MOMA INTERACTIVE EXHIBIT


ONLINE LECTURE

African Americans and how they share in the nation's history of migrations

 

Additional materials    https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129827444

NATIVISM     Start with the document that interests you the most, then read the others.

NATIVISM

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BEN FRANKLIN didn't like them Germans   
 
THE "KNOW-NOTHINGS" didn't like them Irish This is a conservative website with current news.
THE "KNOW-NOTHINGS" didn't like them Irish 2

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/immigrants-conspiracies-and-secret-society-launched-american-nativism-180961915/
 

 
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT didn't like them Chinese folks and by extensions all Asians.
 

RECOMMENDED:  PBS Documentary

 Aired May 29, 2018

THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT

A Special Presentation of American Experience
Film Description

Examine the origin, history and impact of the 1882 law that made it illegal for Chinese workers to come to America and for Chinese nationals already here ever to become U.S. citizens. The first in a long line of acts targeting the Chinese for exclusion, it remained in force for more than 60 years.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/chinese-exclusion-act/


 
ANTI SEMITISM IN AMERICA didn't like those Jews
 
THE ANTI-COMMUNIST "PALMER RAIDS" didn't like anarchists (especially Italians)
 
And today?  
MCCARTHY'S WITCH HUNT didn't like communists (especially Jews)  

NATIVISM QUESTIONS

  • Which document did you open first? Is there a particular reason?

  • Based on this information ONLY, what is your LEAST favorite chapter of American history?