Are Italians White?: How Race is Made in AmericaJennifer Guglielmo, Salvatore Salerno Psychology Press, 2003 - 328 Seiten This dazzling collection of original essays from some of the country's leading thinkers asks the rather intriguing question - Are Italians White? Each piece carefully explores how, when and why whiteness became important to Italian Americans, and the significance of gender, class and nation to racial identity. |
Inhalt
White Lies Dark Truths | 1 |
Part I Learning the US Color Line | 15 |
Part II Radicalism and Race | 77 |
Part IIIWhitenessViolenceand the Urban Crisis | 159 |
Part IVToward A Black Italian Imaginary | 211 |
Du Bois Race and Italian Americans | 259 |
Notes | 265 |
Contributors | 315 |
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