A Great Conspiracy against Our Race : : Italian Immigrant Newspapers and the Construction of Whiteness in the Early 20th Century / / Peter G. Vellon.
Racial history has always been the thorn in America’s side, with a swath of injustices-slavery, lynching, segregation, and many other ills-perpetrated against black people. This very history is complicated by, and also dependent on, what constitutes a white person in this country. Many of the Europe...
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Vellon, Peter G., author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut A Great Conspiracy against Our Race : Italian Immigrant Newspapers and the Construction of Whiteness in the Early 20th Century / Peter G. Vellon. New York, NY : New York University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Culture, Labor, History ; 5 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Italian language press and the creation of an Italian racial identity -- 2. The Italian language press and Africa -- 3. Native Americans, Asians, and Italian Americans: constructions of a multilayered racial consciousness -- 4. The education of Italian Americans in matters of color -- 5. Defending Italian American civility, asserting whiteness -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- About the author restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Racial history has always been the thorn in America’s side, with a swath of injustices-slavery, lynching, segregation, and many other ills-perpetrated against black people. This very history is complicated by, and also dependent on, what constitutes a white person in this country. Many of the European immigrant groups now considered white also had to struggle with their own racial identities. In A Great Conspiracy against Our Race, Peter Vellon explores how Italian immigrants, a once undesirable and “swarthy” race, assimilated into dominant white culture through the influential national and radical Italian language press in New York City. Examining the press as a cultural production of the Italian immigrant community, this book investigates how this immigrant press constructed race, class, and identity from 1886 through 1920. Their frequent coverage of racially charged events of the time, as well as other topics such as capitalism and religion, reveals how these papers constructed a racial identity as Italian, American, and white. A Great Conspiracy against Our Race vividly illustrates how the immigrant press was a site where socially constructed categories of race, color, civilization, and identity were reworked, created, contested, and negotiated. Vellon also uncovers how Italian immigrants filtered societal pressures and redefined the parameters of whiteness, constructing their own identity. This work is an important contribution to not only Italian American history, but America’s history of immigration and race. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jun 2022) Immigrants History 20th century United States. Immigrants United States History 20th century. Italian American newspapers History 20th century. Italian Americans Cultural assimilation History 20th century. Italian Americans Race identity History 20th century. Italian Americans Social conditions 20th century. White people Race identity United States History 20th century. Whites Race identity History 20th century United States. Whites Race identity United States History 20th century. HISTORY / General. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110728996 print 9780814788486 https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814788486.001.0001 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780814788493 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780814788493/original |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Italian language press and the creation of an Italian racial identity -- 2. The Italian language press and Africa -- 3. Native Americans, Asians, and Italian Americans: constructions of a multilayered racial consciousness -- 4. The education of Italian Americans in matters of color -- 5. Defending Italian American civility, asserting whiteness -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- About the author |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Italian language press and the creation of an Italian racial identity -- 2. The Italian language press and Africa -- 3. Native Americans, Asians, and Italian Americans: constructions of a multilayered racial consciousness -- 4. The education of Italian Americans in matters of color -- 5. Defending Italian American civility, asserting whiteness -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index -- About the author |
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