{"product_id":"when-i-am-italian-9781438477183","title":"When I Am Italian","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"My ancestral Italian village in America was in Waterbury Connecticut.\" In this sentence, Joanna Clapps Herman raises the central question of this book: To what extent can a person born outside of Italy be considered Italian? The granddaughter of Italian immigrants who arrived in the United States in the early 1900s, Herman takes a complicated and nuanced look at the question of to whom and to which culture she ultimately belongs. Sometimes the Italian part of her identity-her \u003ci\u003eItalianità\u003c\/i\u003e-feels so aboriginal as to be inchoate, inexpressible. Sometimes it finds its expression in the rhythms of daily life. Sometimes it is embraced and enhanced; at others, it feels attenuated. \"If, like me,\" Herman writes, \"you are from one of Italy's overseas colonies, at least some of this \u003ci\u003eItalianità\u003c\/i\u003e will be in your skin, bones, and heart: other pieces have to be understood, considered, called to ourselves through study, travel, reading. Some of it is just longing. How do we know which pieces are which?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanna Clapps Herman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Excelsior Editions\/State University of New Yo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781438477183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/02\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoanna Clapps Herman \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Anarchist Bastard: Growing Up Italian in America\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNo Longer and Not Yet: Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by SUNY Press. She is also the coeditor (with Carol Bonomo Albright) of \u003ci\u003eWild Dreams: The Best of Italian Americana\u003c\/i\u003e and (with Lee Gutkind) \u003ci\u003eOur Roots Are Deep with Passion: \u003c\/i\u003e Creative Nonfiction \u003ci\u003eCollects New Essays by Italian-American Writers\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Excelsior Editions\/State University of New Yo","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44615235731571,"sku":"9781438477183","price":39.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_0e3cba3e-c0dd-4676-a9c2-d44837be135d.jpg?v=1775150017","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/when-i-am-italian-9781438477183","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}