Flavor and Soul: Italian America at Its African American Edge

by John Gennari

In the United States, African American and Italian cultures have been intertwined for more than a hundred years. From as early as nineteenth-century African American opera star Thomas Bowers--"The Colored Mario"--all the way to hip-hop entrepreneur Puff Daddy dubbing himself "the Black Sinatra," the affinity between black and Italian cultures runs deep and wide. Once you start looking, you'll find these connections everywhere. Sinatra croons bel...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022642832X
• ISBN13: 9780226428321
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"