Bøker av Fred Gardaphe

Presents an interpretive overview of Italian American literary history. This book develops a perspective variously historical, philosophical, and cultural by which American writers of Italian descent can be read, increasing the discursive power of an ethnic literature that has received too little serious critical attention.

Studies the cultural figure of the gangster, and explores its social function in the construction and projection of masculinity in the United States. From Francis Ford Coppola to Martin Scorsese, this book investigates the role of the gangster in their films, as well as the literature of Italian American writers such as Mario Puzo and Gay Talese.