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13. The Immigrant Enclave as Theme Park

CULTURE, CAPITAL, AND URBAN CHANGE IN NEW YORK’S LITTLE ITALIES
© 2020 Fordham University Press, New York, USA

© 2020 Fordham University Press, New York, USA

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. introduction. All Things Italian 1
  5. part one. Immigrants Encounter and Remake U.S. Consumer Society The Shaping of Italian American Identities Through Commodities and Commercial Leisure, 1900– 1930
  6. 1. Visibly Fashionable. 35
  7. 2. Making Space for Domesticity 57
  8. 3. In Italy Everyone Enjoys It—Why Not in America? 71
  9. 4. Sovereign Consumption 83
  10. 5. Consuming La Bella Figura 100
  11. 6. Radical Visions and Consumption 117
  12. part two. The Politics and Style of Italian American Consumerism, 1930– 1980
  13. 7. Italian Americans, the New Deal State, and the Making of Citizen Consumers 137
  14. 8. Italian Americans, Consumerism, and the Cold War in Transnational Perspective 148
  15. 9. Italian Doo-Wop 163
  16. 10. Consuming Italian Americans 178
  17. part three. Consuming Italian American Identities in the Multicultural Age, 1980 to the Present
  18. 11. The Double Life of the Italian Suit 195
  19. 12. Sideline Shtick 207
  20. 13. The Immigrant Enclave as Theme Park 225
  21. 14. We Are Family 244
  22. Notes 257
  23. Contributors 303
  24. Index 305
Making Italian America
This chapter is in the book Making Italian America
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823256273-015

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Acknowledgments ix
  4. introduction. All Things Italian 1
  5. part one. Immigrants Encounter and Remake U.S. Consumer Society The Shaping of Italian American Identities Through Commodities and Commercial Leisure, 1900– 1930
  6. 1. Visibly Fashionable. 35
  7. 2. Making Space for Domesticity 57
  8. 3. In Italy Everyone Enjoys It—Why Not in America? 71
  9. 4. Sovereign Consumption 83
  10. 5. Consuming La Bella Figura 100
  11. 6. Radical Visions and Consumption 117
  12. part two. The Politics and Style of Italian American Consumerism, 1930– 1980
  13. 7. Italian Americans, the New Deal State, and the Making of Citizen Consumers 137
  14. 8. Italian Americans, Consumerism, and the Cold War in Transnational Perspective 148
  15. 9. Italian Doo-Wop 163
  16. 10. Consuming Italian Americans 178
  17. part three. Consuming Italian American Identities in the Multicultural Age, 1980 to the Present
  18. 11. The Double Life of the Italian Suit 195
  19. 12. Sideline Shtick 207
  20. 13. The Immigrant Enclave as Theme Park 225
  21. 14. We Are Family 244
  22. Notes 257
  23. Contributors 303
  24. Index 305
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