Italian Americans on Screen: Challenging the Past, Re-Theorizing the Future reconsiders Robert Casillo’s definition of Italian-American cinema as “appl[ying] to works by Italian-American directors who treat Italian-American subjects” to expand this classification. Contributors situate Italian-American cinema and media within the contemporary and intersectional debates about ethnic identity, including race, class, gender, and sexuality studies. This book links past scholarship to theoretical underpinnings with new hermeneutical approaches in television and film to establish new interpretations concerning Italian Americans on screen. Scholars of film studies, media studies, cultural studies, and sociology will find this book particularly useful.

Contributions by: Ryan Calabretta-Sajder, Mary Ann McDonald Carolan, Jonathan J. Cavallero, Francesco Chianese, Alan J. Gravano, Paul S. Moore, Colleen M. Ryan, Sarah H. Salter, Giuseppe Sorrentino, Giacomo Sproccati, Jessica Leonora Whitehead