Kenneth A. Loparo 
Oral History, Oral Culture, and Italian Americans 

This book introduces readers to a wide range of interpretations that take oral history and folklore as the premise with a focus on Italian and Italian American culture in disciplines such as history, ethnography, memoir, art, and music.

Table of Content

Speaking Memory: Oral History, Oral Culture and Italians in America; L.Del Giudice PART I: ORAL HISTORY What Makes Oral History Different; A.Portelli Oral Histories of Italian Americans in the Great Depression: The Politics and Economics of the Crisis; S.Luconi ‘Il Corriere del Pomeriggio’ of the Gruppo Lonatese of San Rafael, Marin County, California; E.R.Milani Breaking the Code of Silence Woman to Woman; M.Saccomando Coppola Twice Told Tales: Art and Oral Histories from the Tenement Museum and Ellis Island; B.Amore PART II: ORAL CULTURE Cantastorie: Ethnography as Storysinging; C.F.Zinni ‘That’s Not Italian Music’! My Musical Journey from New York to Italy and Back Again; J.T.La Barbera Simple Does Not Mean Easy: Oral Tradition Values, Music, and the Musicàntica Experience; R.Catalano & E.Fina ‘The North End is a State of Mind Surrounded by Waters’; A.Ferraiuolo ‘The Alms-seeking Tradition of Sant’Antonio Abate in 1920’s Western Pennsylvania’; M.Di Virgilio In Search of the Roots of Stregheria: Preliminary Observations on the History of a Reclaimed Tradition; S.Magliocco My Homer; J.Clapps Herman Appendix Alessandra Belloni: In Her Own Words, Interview and Translation into English; L.Del Giudice

About the author

LUISA DEL GIUDICE
 is Founder and Executive Director of the Italian Oral History Institute in Los Angeles, USA.