An Italian American Odyssey: Filo Della Vita By Amore (In Italian-American Culture/Studies)

A moving blend of words and images, An Italian American Odyssey tells the story of the journey to America across seven generations of one Italian-American family.Drawing on a remarkable collection of raw material-fragments of family letters, stories, diaries, and other writings, as well as photographs, collages, and assemblages of such humble objects as a pasta cutter, mismatched kitchen chairs, and faded biancheria, or dowry linens-B. Amore fashions a new encounter with American history, as a story retold and reimagined.Lavishly illustrated in full color, this visual memoir is based on Amore's multimedia exhibition Lifeline: filo della vita, which traveled with great acclaim from the Ellis Island Museum to Boston, Rome, and Naples. Woven throughout are numerous interviews-in both English and Italian, as are many other documents-and historic photographs from the Ellis Island archives. Also included are original essays by Pellegrino D'Acierno, Fred Gardaph, Jennifer Guglielmo, Edvige Giunta, Flavia Rando, Jose