This book challenges past definitions of Italian American cinema and media studies by introducing fresh critical models into the discourse. Proposing new inters

This book examines how Italian Americans have been represented in cinema, from the depiction of Italian migration in New Orleans in the 1890s (Vendetta) to the

Literary Nonfiction. Film Studies. Remarkable for the variety and sophistication of the approaches that it brings to its subject matter, SCREENING ETHNICITY mak

Italian Americans on Screen: Challenging the Past, Re-Theorizing the Future reconsiders Robert Casillo’s definition of Italian-American cinema as “appl[ying

The entire Italian American experience—from America's earliest days through the present—is now available in a single volume. This wide-ranging work relates