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2008

Raccogli e passa

Dispatches from California.

October 4, 2008

Garment Workers and Union Activists in Tinsel Town

Laura E. Ruberto
"The Garment Jungle"
Original Movie Poster for "The Garment Jungle" (1957)

My random encounter with a Hollywood Italian American labor activist.

September 24, 2008

Volando per Obama

Laura E. Ruberto
Gondoliers Singing for Obama

Venetian Gondoliers sing their support for Barack Obama.

September 21, 2008

The Gate on the “Golden Gate”

Laura E. Ruberto
Valenti Angelo
"Girl with Bird," print by Valenti Angelo, date unknown

Reading Valenti Angelo’s “Golden Gate” to my five-year old son.

August 26, 2008

Italian Metal Gets Religion

Laura E. Ruberto
Fratello Metallo

An Italian monk hears Metallica and turns the mystical and divine into heavy metal.

August 19, 2008

Breastfeeding Breasts!

Laura E. Ruberto
Tina Modotti
"Baby Nursing" (1926)

In honor of my two young children and World Breastfeeding Month, a few thoughts on the work of women’s breasts.

August 11, 2008

Italian Gambling Site and the US Presidential Election

Laura E. Ruberto
imwithfred.com
Actor & Former Republican Presidential Candidate, Fred Thompson's website, now an Italian online gaming site

Betting on the 2008 US Presidential Election with an online Italian gambling site.

July 30, 2008

Youth Masses, Black Skin, and Italian Beat Music

Laura E. Ruberto
I Barrittas singing "Gloria al Signore" (w/commentary)

A look at the Italian youth masses of the 1960s, beat music, and una ragazza from New Orleans.

July 21, 2008

Mujeres Migrantes Italianas

Laura E. Ruberto
Exhibit Poster, "Mirades de luz" (Argentina)

An exhibit in Argentina highlights the role Italian immigrant women in Buenos Aires played in the development of Argentina’s past and present.

July 8, 2008

Westward the Women

Laura E. Ruberto
Italian Film Poster for the U.S. film "Westward the Women" (1951)

What Frank Capra and an obscure William Wellman western might tell us about Italian American women.

July 3, 2008

Clemenza and Tessio are like Britain and France

Laura E. Ruberto
Al Pacino as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's "The Godfather"

The Pax Corleone, or what happens when two political analysts offer a close reading of "The Godfather" in an effort to explain contemporary US politics.

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