Crossing Ocean Parkway

The acclaimed author of Gone Primitive interweaves autobiographical moments with engrossing interpretations of American cultural icons, from Dr. Doolittle to Lionel Trilling, from The Godfather to Camille Paglia, to create this unflinching account of crossing cultural boundaries--of what it means to be an Italian American.

List of contents

Crossing Ocean Parkway; on being White, female, and born in Bensonhurst; crossing Ocean Parkway; Slasher stories; the college way. Readings by an Italian American daughter; Dr. Dolittle and the acquisitive life; the Paglia principle; The Godfather as the world's most typical novel; the politics of the "We".

About the author

Marianna De Marco Torgovnick, professor of English at Duke University, is author of the acclaimed "Gone Primitive: Savage Intellects, Modern Lives," also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Summary

Marianna De Marco Torgovnick's unflinching account of crossing cultural boundaries in American life, of what it means to be an Italian American woman who became a scholar and literary critic.

Product details

• Authors: Marianna Torgovnick, Marianna De Marco Torgovnick
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.01.1997
• EAN: 9780226808307
• ISBN: 978-0-226-80830-7
• No. of pages: 187
• Dimensions: 14 mm x 22 mm x 1 mm
• Weight: 255 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Cultural Studies, Biography: general, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, American English, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: general, History of the Americas, Biography: philosophy and social sciences