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Italian American Heritage: A Companion to Literature and the
Arts. Edited by Pellegrino D'Acierno. New York & London: Garland
Publishing Co., 1999. 789 pp. $100.00. Arguably, the most
significant change in immigration and ethnic studies over the
past twenty years has been the decline of social historical
methods and the rise of cultural studies. Reflecting recent
developments, contributors to this volume include one cultural
critic (Camille Paglia), five artists and authors who work in a
variety of genres, ten academics in literature and language and
Italian-American studies program--and one historian. Essays
focus on a variety of topics on Italian-American identity,
traditions, writing, and the arts. The volume also offers a
chronology of the Italian-American experience, 1492--1998, and a
cultural lexicon that identifies key terms ("donna seria";
"padrone"; "mafia") in Italian-American cultu