Alan J. Gravano – författare

The Many Manifestations of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" Series explores how The Godfather has shaped the way the world understands Sicily, Italy, and Italian American life and how those places and people have pushed back. Drawing on new research and on-site fieldwork in Sicily, the contributors to this volume explore, illustrate, and reveal how the Godfather films were made, how they circulate across countries and cultures, and how audiences have adopted, parodied, and integrated the Corleone story into everyday life. Touching on topics such as fandom, tourism, language, food, music, and visual style, these essays demonstrate how The Godfather has become far more than a set of movies: it has become a shared global myth. But myths can distort as much as they illuminate, and this volume investigates what versions of Italy and Sicily the trilogy puts on screen, how accurate or misleading those images are, and what they mean for the Italians, Sicilians, and Italian Americans who live in their shadow.A fresh, international perspective on a classic saga, The Many Manifestations of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" Series is an essential volume for anyone who has ever wondered why The Godfather still matters, and to whom.

The Many Manifestations of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" Series explores how The Godfather has shaped the way the world understands Sicily, Italy, and Italian American life and how those places and people have pushed back. Drawing on new research and on-site fieldwork in Sicily, the contributors to this volume explore, illustrate, and reveal how the Godfather films were made, how they circulate across countries and cultures, and how audiences have adopted, parodied, and integrated the Corleone story into everyday life. Touching on topics such as fandom, tourism, language, food, music, and visual style, these essays demonstrate how The Godfather has become far more than a set of movies: it has become a shared global myth. But myths can distort as much as they illuminate, and this volume investigates what versions of Italy and Sicily the trilogy puts on screen, how accurate or misleading those images are, and what they mean for the Italians, Sicilians, and Italian Americans who live in their shadow.A fresh, international perspective on a classic saga, The Many Manifestations of Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather" Series is an essential volume for anyone who has ever wondered why The Godfather still matters, and to whom.

Italian Americans on Screen: Challenging the Past, Re-Theorizing the Future reconsiders Robert Casillo’s definition of Italian-American cinema as “appl[ying] to works by Italian-American directors who treat Italian-American subjects” to expand this classification. Contributors situate Italian-American cinema and media within the contemporary and intersectional debates about ethnic identity, including race, class, gender, and sexuality studies. This book links past scholarship to theoretical underpinnings with new hermeneutical approaches in television and film to establish new interpretations concerning Italian Americans on screen. Scholars of film studies, media studies, cultural studies, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

Italian Americans on Screen: Challenging the Past, Re-Theorizing the Future reconsiders Robert Casillo’s definition of Italian-American cinema as “appl[ying] to works by Italian-American directors who treat Italian-American subjects” to expand this classification. Contributors situate Italian-American cinema and media within the contemporary and intersectional debates about ethnic identity, including race, class, gender, and sexuality studies. This book links past scholarship to theoretical underpinnings with new hermeneutical approaches in television and film to establish new interpretations concerning Italian Americans on screen. Scholars of film studies, media studies, cultural studies, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

Approaches Italian American literature from new critical perspectives and explores contemporary and understudied voices from both the United States and Canada.Italian Americans on the Page fills a significant gap in Italian American and Italian diaspora studies, particularly literature, as it explores four genres—fiction, poetry, memoir, and theater—from a variety of critical perspectives. The first section of the book offers reconsiderations of two canonical authors, Helen Barolini and Don DeLillo, while the other three sections bring new attention to understudied Italian American and Italian Canadian writers, including women and LGBTQIA+. These include Mary Jo Salter, Peter Covino, Louise DeSalvo, Karen Tintori, Juliet Grames, Ben Piazza, Salvatore Antonio, Christopher DiRaddo, Michele Linfante, Chris Cinque, Theresa Carilli, Mary Melfi, and Michaela Di Cesare. Each contribution approaches Italian American and Italian diaspora studies through a unique theoretical lens, adding to the richness of what proceeds this publication in the field. Ultimately, the volume offers rereadings of foundational Italian American works and provides newfound attention to understudied and emerging Italian diasporic voices.