Were You Always an Italian?: Ancestors and Other Icons of Italian America Debbie Butler formerly Assistant Professor of Old

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Were You Always an Italian?: Ancestors and Other Icons of Italian America Debbie Butler formerly Assistant Professor of OldMaria Laurino sifts through the stereotypes bedeviling Italian Americans to deliver a penetrating and hilarious examination of third generation ethnic identity. With intelligence and honesty (Arizona Republic), she writes about guidos, bimbettes, and mammoni (mama's boys in Italy); examines the clashing aesthetics of Giorgio Armani and Gianni Versace; and unravels the etymology of southern Italian dialect words like gavone and bubidabetz. According to