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Writers Read: Laura E. Ruberto, co-chair, Arts and Cultural Studies Department,
Berkeley City College.
Ruberto is the author of the books
Italian Neorealism and Global Cinema (Wayne State University Press, 2007, co-edited with Kristi M. Wilson) and
Gramsci, Migration, and the Representation of Women's Work in Italy and the U.S. (Lexington, 2007).
One paragraph from her entry:
I’m in the middle of reading Emigrant Nation: The Making of Italy Abroad, by Mark I. Choate. It’s an impressive historical study on the construction of Italian national identity through the everyday lived realities of its emigrants. I find his approach refreshing since it sort of inverts the migration narrative back on to the country of origin and considers emigrants as agents of change in Italy (as well as in their adopted country). I’m especially interested in how Choate teases out the Italian government’s role in promoting Italo-culture beyond Italy.[read on]
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Currently featured at Writers Read: Laura E. Ruberto, co-chair, Arts and Cultural Studies Department, Berkeley City College.
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