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Italianità On Tour: From The Mediterranean To Southeast Florida, 1896-1939, Antonietta Di Pietro
Italianità On Tour: From The Mediterranean To Southeast Florida, 1896-1939, Antonietta Di Pietro
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Italianità on Tour is a cultural history of Italian consciousness in Italy and Southeast Florida from 1896 to 1939. This dissertation examines literary works, folktales, folksongs, artworks, buildings and urban planning as imprints and cultural constructions of Italianità on both sides of the Atlantic, with a special emphasis on the transformations experienced on that journey. The real and/or imagined geo-cultural similarities between the Mediterranean and the Caribbean encouraged pioneers in Southeast Florida to conjure in their new setting an idea of Italianità, regardless of the presence of Italians in the area. Therefore, assessing Italianità, constitutes an important feature …