Italian American Culture_SP18Main MenuIntroductionIntroduction to the bookJust a Boat Ride Away: A Book of Three Short StoriesBy Ivy Wood, Daniela Anastasi, and Gianna CrivelloEmigrationDominic GialdiniItalian Military Citizenship in the U.S.This is a page about the history of Italians serving in the U.S. military during WWI and WWII. Along with some family ties connected with serving in the military to gain citizenship. (By: Briana Santangelo)The Old Man and the SeaMarlene's textThe Italian American Mafia and FilmRacial diversity among the Mafia by Alison DoyleTaking a look at the benefits of racial diversity in the Mob.The American Dream in Christ in ConcreteItalian Americans and FoodIn this section we will present the importance of of the Italian cuisine in the American culture, how the original recipes arrived to the United States and had to be adapted in order to be accepted by Americans.The Meaning of Italian Food by Karla TorresThe Benefits of Migration & The Costs of Assimilation, By Taylor ParkerBy: Taylor ParkerStruggles of Assimilation For Immigrants. By Alexander LutzComparing how immigrants assimilate into America. By Alexander LutzHomophobiaHomophobia within the Italian-American CommunityVulnerability in Italian American Culture by Keitel Del RosarioBy Keitel Del RosarioItalians in HollywoodClarissa Clòdb886ad53bc7213a988f9e7e4415f782ea7c35a2
Goodfellas
1media/goodfellas_poster.jpg2018-05-04T06:35:20-07:00Alison Doyle0d0c777e0e46e76bbc4720909d8425998191bdb53008519Looking at the connections of Irish and Italian gangsters.image_header2018-05-07T04:41:50-07:00Alison Doyle0d0c777e0e46e76bbc4720909d8425998191bdb5
In the movie Goodfellas, we see several characters of Irish ancestry. The main character based on real life gangster was both Irish and Sicilian something that wasn't quite common for the time; because of this he was not able to become a made man in the mafia. A made man is someone who is an official member of the organization and has more benefits than members that are only at the associate level; it is common for the associates as well as soldiers to be of non-Italian ancestry. James Burke also called , was the real-life inspiration for James Conway an Irish gangster that worked his way up to being an soldier for the Lucchese crime family. Working his way from the bottom with minor theft jobs and becoming the go to hitman; however due to his ancestry he wouldn't be able move up the ranks. We also see this in the character of an African-American gangster seen helping with the Lufthansa Heist.
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1media/Nueva York en los años 40 1.jpg2018-05-06T05:43:21-07:00Alison Doyle0d0c777e0e46e76bbc4720909d8425998191bdb5Concluding Thoughts7More connections more profitimage_header2018-05-07T04:47:59-07:00Alison Doyle0d0c777e0e46e76bbc4720909d8425998191bdb5
