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