Flavor and soul : Italian America at its African American edge /

In the United States, African American and Italian cultures have been intertwined for more than a hundred years. From as early as nineteenth-century African American opera star Thomas Bowers all the way to hip-hop entrepreneur Puff Daddy dubbing himself "the Black Sinatra," the affinity be...

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Main Author: Gennari, John (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]
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