New Language, a New World

Italian Immigrants in the United States, 1890-1945

AvNancy C. Carnevale

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Engelska, 2010

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An examination of Italian immigrants and their children in the early twentieth century, A New Language, A New World is the first full-length historical case study of one immigrant group''s experience with language in America. Incorporating the interdisciplinary literature on language within a historical framework, Nancy C. Carnevale illustrates the complexity of the topic of language in American immigrant life. By looking at language from the perspectives of both immigrants and the dominant culture as well as their interaction, this book reveals the role of language in the formation of ethnic identity and the often coercive context within which immigrants must negotiate this process.

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Utgivningsdatum:2010-10-01
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:264
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9780252090776
Förlag:University of Illinois Press

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Nancy C. Carnevale is an associate professor of history at Montclair State University.

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Winner of a 2010 American Book Award from The Before Columbus Foundation.— The Before Columbus Foundation

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 11. The Italian Languages in Italy and America2. Linguistic Boundaries in American HistoryPart 23. "He could not explain things the way I tell it": The Immigrant in Translation4. The World Turned Upside Down in Farfariello's Theater of Language5. The Identity Politics of Language: Italian Language Maintenance in New York City, 1920-406. Language, Italian American Identity, and the Limits of Cultural Pluralism in the World War II YearsEpilogueNotesIndex