Frank Sinatra: History, Identity, and Italian American Culture (Italian and Italian American Studies)

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No one represents the Italian American journey from undesirable outsiders to embraced citizens better than Frank Sinatra. From impoverished beginnings in an immigrant household to world renown as “Chairman of the Board,” he beat the chances to change into one of the vital influential and perfect-loved artists of the 20th century. Sinatra’s symbolic role to the millions of Italian American immigrants who looked as much as him as proof of the American dream used to be a long way-reaching. From teenage crooner to civil rights activist to Reagan Republican, his shifting identity resonated deeply in Italian American culture. Now, a gathering of distinguished historians, journalists and critics explore Sinatra’s have an effect on on American culture, from questions of politics and civil rights to Italian mothering, morality, and ethnic stereotyping. These insights place Sinatra on the fulcrum of many controversial and timely issues that lend his influence a new depth and power, not only musically but in a broad historical context.

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