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The Imagined Immigrant: The Images of Italian Emigration to the United States Between 1890 and 1924
Ilaria Serra
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Hardback. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 313 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Using original sources - such as newspaper articles, silent movies, letters, autobiographies, and interviews - Ilaria Serra depicts a large tapestry of images that accompanied mass Italian migration to the U.S. at the turn of the twentieth century. She chooses to translate the Italian concept of immaginario with the Latin imago that felicitously blends the double English translation of the word as 'imagery' and 'imaginary'. Imago is a complex knot of collective representations of the immigrant subject, a mental production that finds concrete expression; impalpable, yet real. The 'imagined immigrant' walks alongside the real one in flesh and rags.
Using original sources - such as newspaper articles, silent movies, letters, autobiographies, and interviews - Ilaria Serra depicts a large tapestry of images that accompanied mass Italian migration to the U.S. at the turn of the twentieth century. She chooses to translate the Italian concept of immaginario with the Latin imago that felicitously blends the double English translation of the word as 'imagery' and 'imaginary'. Imago is a complex knot of collective representations of the immigrant subject, a mental production that finds concrete expression; impalpable, yet real. The 'imagined immigrant' walks alongside the real one in flesh and rags.
Product Details
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Series
The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies
Condition
New
Weight
593g
Number of Pages
313
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611474053
SKU
V9781611474053
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About Ilaria Serra
Ilaria Serra is assistant professor of Italian at Florida Atlantic University.
Reviews for The Imagined Immigrant: The Images of Italian Emigration to the United States Between 1890 and 1924
Serra provides a persuasive argument in her analysis of themes, symbols and stereotypes....The Imagined Immigrant redefines the historical, giving new significance to literary and cinematic perspectives on the immigrant experience. Although the accounts may be subjective, they present a crucial piece of history, one that has a beating heart.
Annali D'Italianistica
Illaria Serra has pulled together a fascinating ... Read more
Annali D'Italianistica
Illaria Serra has pulled together a fascinating ... Read more