{"product_id":"when-i-am-italian-paperback","title":"When I Am Italian - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoanna Clapps Herman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53464065376563,"sku":"9781438477183","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/80mrKADS_B9781438477183.webp?v=1781549335","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/when-i-am-italian-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}