Anthony Julian Tamburri examines the history of Italian/American writing and the concept of the hyphen as representative of the reluctance of the dominant culture to accept newcomers. He maintains that the hyphen in Italian-American creates a physical division between the two terms where the ideological gap should be filled Tamburri proposes instead to turn the hyphen forty-five degrees: Italian/American.

To Hyphenate or Not to Hyphenate: The Italian-American Writer (Essay Series 12)

Tamburri, Anthony J.

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To Hyphenate or Not to Hyphenate: The Italian-American Writer (Essay Series 12)