A Semiotic of Ethnicity

Anthony Julian Tamburri is Professor of Italian and Comparative Literature at Purdue University. He is the author of Of Saltimbanchi and Incendiari: Aldo Palazzeschi and Avant-Gardism in Italy; To Hyphenate or not to Hyphenate: the Italian/American Writer: Or, An Other American; and Per una lettura retrospettiva. Prose giovanili di Aldo Palazzeschi. He is coeditor (with Paolo A. Giordano) of Beyond the Margin: Readings in Italian Americana; (with Mary Jo Bona) of Italian Americans and the Media; (with Paolo A. Giordano and Fred L. Gardaphe) of From The Margin: Writings in Italian Americana; and editor of Fuori. Essays By Italian/American Lesbians and Gays.