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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gennari, John (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Italian Americans > Ethnic identity. Italian Americans > Social life and customs. African Americans > Relations with Italian Americans. Popular culture > United States. United States > Ethnic relations.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: "Who put the wop in doo-wop?"
Top wop
Everybody eats
Spike and his goombahs
Sideline shtick
Tutti.