Description:
Remembering Italian America: Memory, Migration, Identity examines the life of Italians in the United States and the role of migration and collective memory in the history of the construction of Italian American identity.
Review Quotes:
Winner of the 2022 Italian American Studies Association Book Award:
"In Remembering Italian America: Memory, Migration, Identity, Laurie Buonanno and Michael Buonanno combine memoir with an historical, sociological, and political examination of Italians in the United States. This book makes a significant contribution to the field of Italian American studies by synthesizing various aspects of the immigrant experience. The Buonanno siblings' comprehensive overview of Italian Americans, illustrated by a rich selection of stories from the family table, the workplace, and sites of religious worship, illuminates the history of this ethnic group. As we read of grandparents, aunts, cousins, and extended family and friends whose lives punctuate tales of the diaspora, labor disputes, religions, and folk traditions, we come to understand and appreciate the Italian American experience on both an individual and collective level."
"Remembering Italian America will make an excellent textbook as an introduction to Italian American history and culture, especially if integrated with other resources that embrace the history and oral memories of other Italian American communities, such as those that cover the post -World War II immigrant generations and other regions of the United States, particularly the Midwest and West. " - Eveljn Ferraro, Santa Clara University