In this Book
- Imagining Italians: The Clash of Romance and Race in American Perceptions, 1880-1910
- Book
- 2003
- Published by: State University of New York Press
- Series: SUNY series in Italian/American Culture
summary
Integrating history, literary criticism, and cultural studies, Imagining Italians vividly tells the story of two voyages across the Atlantic: America’s cultural pilgrimage to Italy and the Italian “racial odyssey” in America. It examines how American representations of Italy, Italians, and Italian Americans engaged with national debates over immigration, race, and national identity during the period 1880–1910. Joseph P. Cosco offers a close analysis of selected works by immigrant journalists Jacob Riis and Edward Steiner and American iconographic writers Henry James and Mark Twain. Exploring their Italian depictions in journalism, photos, travel narratives, and fiction, he rediscovers the forgotten Edward Steiner and offers fresh readings of Riis’s reform efforts and photography, James’s The Golden Bowl and The American Scene, and Mark Twain’s Pudd’nhead Wilson.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. iii-iv
- CONCLUSION: THE FIGHT FOR WHITENESS
- pp. 171-178
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 207-226
Additional Information
ISBN
9780791486627
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
56408522
Pages
243
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No