Italy in the American Imagination

by Ian J. Bickerton

Book Overview

It is almost impossible to imagine the United States without making reference to Italy. There is scarcely any aspect of American culture untouched by Italy--its history, art, architecture, fashion, film, music, the mafia, or even more viscerally its food. Italy occupies a space of near mythical proportion in the American imagination. When many Americans think of, or dream about and imagine, the good life, how and where they would like to live, they...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031364201
• ISBN13: 9783031364204
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 329 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.3"