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Book SynopsisViewing an American Ethnic Community is a work based on the author''s love of his heritage. Salamone, a professor of anthropology, believes that each ethnic community must adapt to the social and cultural circumstances in which it finds itself. Thus, while sharing much with other Italian-American communities, the Italians of Rochester were also different in significant ways because of the history, culture, and societyincluding other ethnic groupsto which they adapted. This photo-book is a small record of the city of Rochester and its Italian community, showing mainly the happy times in the city and of the community, for the joys always trumped the problems. The author wishes to thank Jesse Gimbel for his professional help with the photos.
Trade ReviewFrank Salamone's fascinating ethnography, Viewing an American Ethnic Community: Rochester, New York Italians in Photographs, thoroughly and thoughtfully describes this Italian-American community in upstate New York. He integrates illuminating interviews with community members of different generations, comprehensive historical and field research with his own biographical connections and experiences culminating in an engaging and necessary piece of scholarship. Like other great community ethnographies, Salamone's intimate portrayal provides a fascinating window into this Italian community demonstrating both cultural and personal nuances and a wider breadth of understanding Italian experiences in America as a whole. -- Marcus Aldredge, University of Texas, Austin and Iona College
Frank Salamone is not only a gifted ethnographer but - as the photographs in this volume amply attest - a gifted photographer as well. The images in this collection vividly evoke the past in the present and project the present into the future. -- Stephen D. Glazier, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Chapter One - Immigration Chapter 5 Chapter Two - Community Chapter 6 Chapter Three - Family Chapter 7 Chapter Four - Work Chapter 8 Chapter Five - Religion Chapter 9 Chapter Six - Leisure
