Italianità

<p><strong>Whether we hail from Napoli or New York Bari or Boston Poughkeepsie or Palermo there is a special quality that binds us - <em>Italiani nel Mondo</em> - together.</strong></p><p>And that agent is <em>Italianità </em>the essence of being Italian.</p><p>We are all Italian but trying to define exactly what that means - what makes us all part of one global family - well that can be a little tougher.</p><p>In this book William Giovinazzo explores the culture and history of Italians and Italian-Americans from the time when the Greeks first colonized Italy to the influx of Italian immigrants in the 19<sup>th</sup> and 20<sup>th</sup> centuries to John Travolta strutting his stuff in a New York disco.</p><p>In an insightful and entertaining journey which also takes in food religion relationships and - of course - the Mafia we explore how the two groups are the same and how they differ. Ultimately we discover how <em>Italianità </em>is<em> </em>a complex and multifaceted entity; it's what makes Italian and Italian-American societies the wonderful life-affirming vibrant cultures that they are.</p><p><br></p><p>Foreword by Anthony Fasano host of <em>The Italian American Podcast </em>and author of <em>Forty Days in Italy Con La Mia Famiglia.</em></p>