"The idea of the "mamma italiana" is one of the most widespread and recognizable stereotypes in perceptions of Italian national character both within and beyond Italy. This figure makes frequent appearances in jokes and other forms of popular culture, but it has also been seen a…
"John Starosta Galante explores the presence, pull, and rejection of Italian nationalism and italianità (or Italianness) in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and São Paulo during World War I". "On the Other Shore explores the social history of Italian communities in South America and t…
"John Starosta Galante explores the presence, pull, and rejection of Italian nationalism and italianità (or Italianness) in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and São Paulo during World War I"-- "On the Other Shore explores the social history of Italian communities in South America and …
John Starosta Galante explores the presence, pull, and rejection of Italian nationalism and italianità (or Italianness) in Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and São Paulo during World War I.
"Two thousand Italian partisans took the city of Alba on October 10, 1944, and two hundred lost it to the Fascists on November 2. Among the bedraggled fighters in this historic twenty-three-day siege was Beppe Fenoglio. He later made his debut as a writer with The Twenty-three D…
Fourth shore: the Italian colonization of Libya
Fourth shore: the Italian colonization of Libya
The book provides a panorama of Italian migrants' activities in Polish economy, political life and, above all, culture. The motivations of Italians who decided to travel to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and quite often settled there permanently, the reasons which made this …
The book provides a panorama of Italian migrants' activities in Polish economy, political life and, above all, culture. The motivations of Italians who decided to travel to the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and quite often settled there permanently, the reasons which made this …