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“For Heart, Patriotism, and National Dignity”: The Italian Language Press in New York City and Constructions of Africa, Race, and Civilization
Peter G. Vellon
Ethnic Studies Review, Vol. 34 No. 1, 2011; (pp. 89-105) DOI: 10.1525/esr.2011.34.1.89
Peter G. Vellon
Queens College, The City University of New York
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“For Heart, Patriotism, and National Dignity”: The Italian Language Press in New York City and Constructions of Africa, Race, and Civilization” examines how mainstream and radical newspapers employed Africa as a trope for savage behavior by analyzing their discussion of wage slavery, imperialism, lynching, and colonialism, in particular Italian imperialist ventures into northern Africa in the 1890s and Libya in 1911-1912. The Italian language press constructed Africa as a sinister, dark, continent, representing the lowest rung of the racial hierarchy. In expressing moral outrage over American violence and discrimination against Italians, the press utilized this image of Africa to emphatically convey its shock and disgust. In particular, Italian prominenti newspapers capitalized on this racial imagery to construct a narrative of Italianness and Italian superiority in order to combat unflattering depictions of Italian immigrants arriving in the United States.

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Peter G. Vellon
Ethnic Studies Review, Vol. 34 No. 1, 2011; (pp. 89-105) DOI: 10.1525/esr.2011.34.1.89
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Queens College, The City University of New York
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“For Heart, Patriotism, and National Dignity”: The Italian Language Press in New York City and Constructions of Africa, Race, and Civilization
Peter G. Vellon
Ethnic Studies Review, Vol. 34 No. 1, 2011; (pp. 89-105) DOI: 10.1525/esr.2011.34.1.89
Peter G. Vellon
Queens College, The City University of New York
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