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DECIPHERING TOM DISALVO: A FIRST-GENERATION ARTIST BETWEEN SICILY AND SOUTH FLORIDA
Title
DECIPHERING TOM DISALVO: A FIRST-GENERATION ARTIST BETWEEN SICILY AND SOUTH FLORIDA.
Creator
Diraviam, Domenica Santomaggio, Serra, Ilaria, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Abstract/Description
This dissertation aims to contextualize the self-taught Sicilian born artist, Tom DiSalvo (1947-2011) among contemporary artists of Italian extraction. It investigates a selection of his corpus of over 300 works of art spanning four decades as an integral contribution to Italian diasporic scholarship. The primarily large-scale paintings, enhanced with underlying textual layers and semiotic translations of famous works of art, reveal distinct ties to American, Italian and hybrid patterns of...
Show moreThis dissertation aims to contextualize the self-taught Sicilian born artist, Tom DiSalvo (1947-2011) among contemporary artists of Italian extraction. It investigates a selection of his corpus of over 300 works of art spanning four decades as an integral contribution to Italian diasporic scholarship. The primarily large-scale paintings, enhanced with underlying textual layers and semiotic translations of famous works of art, reveal distinct ties to American, Italian and hybrid patterns of ethnicity. Much of his work remains unknown in scholarly and public circles, due in part to the limited canon of Italian diasporic visual art (with the exception of film) and to DiSalvo’s own disapproval of the commodification of his art. The project originated with the classification of the artist’s personal artifacts and the interpretation of his canvases displayed in both public and private spaces. The methodology employed in this dissertation is as unique and multifaceted as its topic. I depart from paintings to reveal the man behind the canvas, thanks to the voices and memories of friends and family on both sides of the ocean, anchoring my findings to the foundation of scholarly discussions, and theoretical and critical sources in the disciplines of hybrid cultural studies, Italian and Italian American art and literature, as well as outsider art to verify the intersections between DiSalvo and members of each of these communities.
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Date Issued
2022
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014053
Subject Headings
Italian American artists, Italian American art, Italian American experience
Format
Document (PDF)
Interview with Adrienne Martin
Title
Interview with Adrienne Martin.
Creator
Martin, Adrienne, Iadevaia, Vincenza, Pezzullo, Viviana, Tiberini, Federico
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002999p
Subject Headings
Italian Americans, Italian American families, Oral history--Italy, Oral history, Oral history--United States., Italian Americans--History--20th century., Italian Americans--Florida--History, Immigrants--Italy--History--20th century
Format
Set of related objects
MEATBALL MEMORIES IN THE MODERN KITCHEN: ITALIAN AMERICANS NAVIGATING CULTURAL IDEALS WITHIN THE SOUTH FLORIDA FOOD LANDSCAPE
Title
MEATBALL MEMORIES IN THE MODERN KITCHEN: ITALIAN AMERICANS NAVIGATING CULTURAL IDEALS WITHIN THE SOUTH FLORIDA FOOD LANDSCAPE.
Creator
Leoce, Daniele, Fadiman, Maria, Florida Atlantic University, Environmental Studies Program, Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Abstract/Description
Many Italians characterize their food culture as respectful of tradition, favoring fresh, regional ingredients, prioritizing commensality and the group identity, and treating food as an aesthetic good. Many describe American food culture as one of speed and convenience, favoring quantity over quality, nurturing independence, and regarding food merely as a material good. Through in-depth interviews with a group of Italian Americans, this research explores the intersection between Italian and...
Show moreMany Italians characterize their food culture as respectful of tradition, favoring fresh, regional ingredients, prioritizing commensality and the group identity, and treating food as an aesthetic good. Many describe American food culture as one of speed and convenience, favoring quantity over quality, nurturing independence, and regarding food merely as a material good. Through in-depth interviews with a group of Italian Americans, this research explores the intersection between Italian and American food cultures, questioning how Italian Americans living in South Florida construct identity given the influence of the modern food system. Participants demonstrate that while a dichotomy exists between Italian cultural ideals and the reality of everyday life in the South Florida food system, many Italian Americans find ways to incorporate traditional culture into their modern lives. The results of this research offer perspective on the spaces where ethnic groups access the cultural value of food in an increasingly modern world.
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Date Issued
2020
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013503
Subject Headings
Food cultures in America, Italian Americans--Food, Florida, Americans--Food
Format
Document (PDF)
Interview with Jean Simonelli Giarrusso
Title
Interview with Jean Simonelli Giarrusso.
Creator
Giarrusso, Jean Simonelli, Iadevaia, Vincenza, Pezzullo, Viviana, Tiberini, Federico
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00002997p
Subject Headings
Italian Americans, Italian American families, Oral history--Italy, Oral history, Oral history--United States., Italian Americans--History--20th century., Italian Americans--Florida--History, Immigrants--Italy--History--20th century
Format
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"Heart of My Race:" Questions of ldentity in Sicilian/American Writings
Title
"Heart of My Race:" Questions of ldentity in Sicilian/American Writings.
Creator
Mazzucchelli, Chiara, Tamburri, Anthony J., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
Throughout the 1900s, the sense of a distinct sicilianita-or Sicilian-nessmanifested itself in writings by Italian authors such as Giovanni Verga, Luigi Pirandello, Leonardo Sciascia, Vincenzo Consolo, and Andrea Camilleri, among others. Interestingly, a parallel phenomenon has emerged in the United States in the broader field of Italian-American literature. While attempting to redefine the concept of Americanness and expand the canon of American literature so that it embraces articulations...
Show moreThroughout the 1900s, the sense of a distinct sicilianita-or Sicilian-nessmanifested itself in writings by Italian authors such as Giovanni Verga, Luigi Pirandello, Leonardo Sciascia, Vincenzo Consolo, and Andrea Camilleri, among others. Interestingly, a parallel phenomenon has emerged in the United States in the broader field of Italian-American literature. While attempting to redefine the concept of Americanness and expand the canon of American literature so that it embraces articulations of ethnic identities, many Sicilian-American writers have turned their works into literary manifestations of their Sicilian Americanness, or, as I have called it, sicilianamericanita. In this study, I try to answer questions such as: Why and how have some Sicilian- American authors fashioned their Italian-American identity in regional terms? How did a sense of sicilianita develop in the US and turn into sicilianamericanita? And how did the above-mentioned phenomenon materialize in Italian-American literature? My examination focused on Jerre Mangione's memoirs, Rose Romano's poetry, and Ben Morreale's novels. While Mangione consistently capitalized on his regional ethnic identity mainly in order to correct some of the most unfavorable prejudices, and especially those originating from Mafia, Rose Romano writes poetry and prose dealing with issues of regional self-ascription which overlaps with contestations of traditional gender roles, heterosexual scripts, and racial categorizations. Ben Morreale's sicilianamericanita takes on intertextual aspects, creating a closely-knit net of relations with the Sicilian tradition in Italian literature. Many Sicilian-American writers, just like their Sicilian counterparts, have come to see their regional ethnic identity as a source of inspiration for the growth of a distinctive literary tradition. This study has been conceived as an initial small step towards a process of inquiry and exploration of the common ground between Italian and Italian-American literatures. Such critical endeavors and international cooperation between both fields of literary studies could bring forth a better understanding of the cultures, and also strengthen in significant ways the status of both literatures within and outside their respective national critical communities.
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Date Issued
2007
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000985
Subject Headings
Italian literature--Italy--Sicily--Criticism and interpretation, American literature--Italian American authors--Criticism and interpretation, National characteristics in literature, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc)
Format
Document (PDF)
Interview with Vincent Zarrilli
Title
Interview with Vincent Zarrilli.
Creator
Zarrilli, Vincent, Iadevaia, Vincenza, Pezzullo, Viviana, Tiberini, Federico
Date Issued
2017-02-03
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003472p
Subject Headings
Italian Americans, Italian American families, Oral history--Italy, Oral history, Oral history--United States., Italian Americans--History--20th century., Italian Americans--Florida--History, Immigrants--Italy--History--20th century
Format
Set of related objects
Interview with Dan Pichney
Title
Interview with Dan Pichney.
Creator
Pichney, Dan, Iadevaia, Vincenza, Pezzullo, Viviana, Tiberini, Federico
Date Issued
2017-02-17
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003474p
Subject Headings
Italian Americans, Italian American families, Oral history--Italy, Oral history, Oral history--United States., Italian Americans--History--20th century., Italian Americans--Florida--History, Immigrants--Italy--History--20th century
Format
Set of related objects
Interview with Ann Blumberg Capone
Title
Interview with Ann Blumberg Capone.
Creator
Capone, Ann Blumberg, Iadevaia, Vincenza, Pezzullo, Viviana, Tiberini, Federico
Date Issued
2017-03-24
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003476p
Subject Headings
Italian Americans, Italian American families, Oral history--Italy, Oral history, Oral history--United States., Italian Americans--History--20th century., Italian Americans--Florida--History, Immigrants--Italy--History--20th century
Format
Set of related objects
Interview with Edmondo Catania and Angie Catania
Title
Interview with Edmondo Catania and Angie Catania.
Creator
Catania, Edmondo, Catania, Angie, Diraviam, Domenica
Date Issued
2019-02-18
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003482p
Subject Headings
Italian Americans, Italian American families, Oral history--Italy, Oral history, Oral history--United States., Italian Americans--History--20th century., Italian Americans--Florida--History, Immigrants--Italy--History--20th century
Format
Set of related objects
Interview with Nicoletta Sorice (D'Vanzo)
Title
Interview with Nicoletta Sorice (D'Vanzo).
Creator
Sorice, Nicoletta (D'Avanzo), Diraviam, Domenica, Pezzullo, Viviana, Tiberini, Federico
Date Issued
2019-04-29
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00003483p
Subject Headings
Italian Americans, Italian American families, Oral history--Italy, Oral history, Oral history--United States., Italian Americans--History--20th century., Italian Americans--Florida--History, Immigrants--Italy--History--20th century
Format
Set of related objects
value of worthless lives: Italian immigrant autobiographies by "ordinary people"
Title
The value of worthless lives: Italian immigrant autobiographies by "ordinary people".
Creator
Serra, Ilaria., Florida Atlantic University, Tamburri, Anthony J.
Abstract/Description
"Immigrants left tears and sweat, but no memories." This dissertation tries to prove this assertion by the Italian critic Giuseppe Prezzolini wrong. Italian immigrants have sweated and cried, but many of them also left a trace of their "heroic" voyage between two continents, and two worlds, that took place in waves during the entire XX Century. With an oxymoron, I will speak about the value of worthless lives. These authors are no conquerors, saints or celebrities, but they believe that their...
Show more"Immigrants left tears and sweat, but no memories." This dissertation tries to prove this assertion by the Italian critic Giuseppe Prezzolini wrong. Italian immigrants have sweated and cried, but many of them also left a trace of their "heroic" voyage between two continents, and two worlds, that took place in waves during the entire XX Century. With an oxymoron, I will speak about the value of worthless lives. These authors are no conquerors, saints or celebrities, but they believe that their life stories are worth being written and remembered. There are many direct ties between the experience of migration and the need to write an autobiography. Autobiography is a response to the trauma of immigration and provides a kind of sutura for a wounded subject. Besides, immigration creates the "individual." Immigration is a kind of Copernican revolution which destabilizes the sense of human self; the immigrant feels the ground shifting under his feet and loses the center of his life, his home. Autobiography thus becomes the tool to build his/her own centrality, his/her own identity as a particle of this chaotic universe. Furthermore, by migrating, the Italian contadino (the majority of them came from the countryside) leaves a land that kept his family tied down for centuries, but most of all leaves the soil of the amorphous "mass" of suffering farmers, and creates a new individual. But the individuality of Italian immigrant autobiographies is somehow different from the individuality of American autobiographies. Our "unorthodox" authors demand a new critical terminology inviting concepts such as "Quiet Individualism" and "Ethos of the Survivor." The dissertation presents a gallery of immigrant self-portraits: nine immigrant workers; five the immigrant workers with a political conscience; ten immigrant workers with a poet's soul (including a farmer and a stonecutter who wrote two remarkable chivalric poems); five immigrants with religious interests; seven immigrant artists; nine immigrant women; eight graduated immigrants; and finally five successful immigrants, perfectly integrated into American society. In all, fifty-eight portraits that tell life stories and provide us with a lived slice of immigration history.
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Date Issued
2004
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12088
Subject Headings
Immigrants--United States--Biography, Italian Americans--Biography, Autobiography
Format
Document (PDF)