Description: This working group reconsiders Robert Casillo’s definition of Italian American cinema as “appl[ying] to works by Italian-American directors who treat Italian-American subjects” in order to expand this classification. We situate Italian American cinema and media within the contemporary and intersectional (race, class, gender, sexuality) debates about ethnic identity.

For the other meeting of the working group, see 221.

Participants

Alan J. Gravano, Rocky Mountain U

Colleen M. Ryan, Indiana U, Bloomington

Mary Ann McDonald Carolan, Fairfield U

Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Rutgers U, New Brunswick

Claude Barbre, Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Francesco Chianese, independent scholar

Giacomo Sproccati, California State U, Long Beach

Jessica Leonora Whitehead, Ryerson U

Jonathan Cavallero, Bates C

Pietro Bocchia, U of Notre Dame

Sarah Salter, Texas A&M U, Corpus Christi

Giuseppe Sorrentino, Wagner C

Presider

Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, U of Arkansas, Fayetteville