FINDING ITALY IN AMERICA

BY: KAITLYN DOT TSCOM 205

Story Identification: My Big Fat Italian Obsession

ITAL IAN AMERICANS ARE THE 4 T H LARGEST ETHNIC GROUP IN AMERICA . FROM 1820-2004 ABOUT 5 .5 MILL ION

ITAL IANS IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES. ITAL IAN AMERICANS USUALLY HAVE INCREDIBLY STRONG T IES WITH THEIR FAMIL IES, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND

POLIT ICAL PARTIES. ITAL IAN DESCENDANTS AND THEIR CULTURE HAVE SHAPED OUR COUNTRY, AND WE HAVE

BEEN SHAPED BY THEM. THIS HAS BEEN DONE THROUGH THEIR INVOLVEMENT WITH POLIT ICS, SPORTS, THE

MEDIA , F INE ARTS, CULINARY ARTS, AND MANY OTHER THINGS. ITAL IANS HAVE PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE

DEVELOPMENT OF OUR COUNTRY.

The Story

My love for Italy stems from my summer abroad.

This has sparked my interest in “finding my way back” through discovering Italy here in America.

MoviesThe beautiful country of Italy is a very famous location to shoot movies, which brings a bit of their culture here to America.

FashionItalian designers are a huge part of our culture here in America, and have shaped our fashion industry by creating a more couture, lavish, and bold statement with clothing, bags, shoes, and more.

ArtItalian Art has impacted our culture starting from back in the Renaissance to now. Their art started movements that spread around the world, and are still shown here in America today. The J. Paul Getty Museum has an Italian art exhibit now titled “Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance.”

LiteratureDuring the late 19th Century many Americans traveled to Italy to express their creativity, which was frowned upon here in America at the time. Henry James and Nathanial Hawthorne wrote classics while sitting in the Tuscan Countryside. Italy is still the backdrop for books today.

NewspapersAmericans are fascinated with Italian culture, and continually try to bring that here to U.S. through many mediums, but especially with articles in Newspapers, such as USA Today.

BlogBlogging has become an up and coming trend here in America. Many people use blogging for recipes, DIY, stories, etc, and especially while traveling. This blog showcases Italian culture through food all across the U.S. in different cities, and how the Italian culture has shaped that area.

MagazinesAmericans love to read magazines, from Fashion to Gossip, News to Home, and especially in Travel magazines here in America. An article in Travel & Leisure talks about the Best Italian food you can find in the U.S, one of the best Italian cultures brought here to America.

T.V. ShowsLidia Bastianich, a celebrity chef, goes on a culinary journey in her show Lidia's Italy in America, where she explores food, artisans, and ingredients of Italian-American cooking.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Y-kT-vkPM

Bibliography

Movies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under_the_Tuscan_Sun_(film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letters_to_Juliethttp://www.reviewbastard.org/2012/review/movie/la-vita-e-bella-life-is-beautiful/

Art: http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/florence/index.html

Literature: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/47059.The_Marble_Faun http://aliteraryodyssey.blogspot.com/2011/12/book-122-portrait-of-lady-and-book.html

Newspapers: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/10great/2007-10-04-little-italy_N.htm

Magazines: http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/best-italian-restaurants-in-the-us?xid=HD120612BestItalianRestaurants

T.V. Shows: http://www.createtv.com/CreateProgram.nsf/vProgramsbyNOLA/LDTL#

Blog: http://blog.lidiasitaly.com/2011/08/lidias-italy-in-america-visits-philadelphia-89.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Y-kT-vkPM