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Dr. Tamburri has done what we all need to do: learn how the past has created the present so that we can better face the challenges the future brings. !rough this study, he helps us better know our place in this world of identity politics, so that when we think, we can act on knowledge more than sentiment, and when we act, we can create opportunities to make this world a better place for everyone. !rough thorough research, logical argumentation, and careful articulation, Tamburri creates a document that wisely speaks to the needs of all Americans and provides a blueprint of how we can build new ways toward peaceful coexistence of all, no matter your political persua-sion. !is is must reading for all Italian Americans. -Dr. Fred L. Gardaphé Distinguished Professor of English & Italian American Studies Once again, Professor Tamburri takes on an area of ethnic self-re- (ection that most avoid. Calling the politics of [self-]omission a chal-lenge to the Italian/American community is an understatement. !is much needed volume serves as a reiteration that understanding a cul-ture's ethnic past is critical to having a national political voice in the present, especially given the increasing weight given to the politics of identity. To understand and preserve an authentic Italian/American cultural identity, the narrative cannot be rewritten toward person-al interest and those exhorting a particular brand of ethnic identity based on self-interest must know their history and use this to support their arguments rather than emotions aroused by a misguided sense of ethnic pride.... -Dr. Donna Chirico, Professor of Psychology York College, The City University of New York

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ANTHONY JULIAN TAMBURRI is Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute (Queens College, CUNY) and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures. He is co-founder and co-director of Bordighera Press, past president of the Italian American Studies Association and of the American Association of Teachers of Italian. Some of his latest authored books include: ""The Columbus Affair: Imperatives for an Italian/American Agenda"" (2021); ""Signing Italian/American Cinema: A More Focused Look"" (2021), and ""Italian Diaspora Studies and the University: Professional Development, Curricular Matters, Cultural Philanthropy"" (2022). He is executive producer and host of the Calandra Institute's TV program, Italics, produced in collaboration with CUNY TV. He also writes a column for La Voce di New York, entitled ""The Italian diaspora.""

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