The Anarchist Bastard

by Herman, Joanna Clapps

• ISBN13: 9781438436319
• ISBN10: 1438436319
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-03-01
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

A tribute to the Italian American family and its trying bonds of love.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
With and Without Words: An Introduction	p. 1
Homer in Waterbury: The Backdrop
My Homer	p. 7
The Unsayable: The Clapps Family
Peter and His Brothers	p. 21
Paulie e 'u Gagaron'	p. 28
My Father Telling Stories	p. 39
Oak Street	p. 40
Scialababola	p. 41
Canio Becomes a Citizen	p. 42
The Aviglianese Society	p. 43
Mammanonna	p. 44
Rocco Lauro and the Sausage	p. 45
Local Politics	p. 45
The Boys	p. 48
The Shop	p. 48
Walter	p. 49
Unsayable	p. 52
Before and After Tinfoil: The Becce Family
The Anarchist Bastard	p. 77
Rille	p. 87
Waiting for Vito	p. 89
Tre' Casc'	p. 91
Keeping Company	p. 93
Flesh and Bone	p. 99
Both Are True	p. 102
Two	p. 112
Before and After Tinfoil	p. 118
Stitching: Our Voices Together	p. 121
Coffee And	p. 134
Words and Rags	p. 142
My Aboriginal Women	p. 153
Uffa, Jojo, The Monkey	p. 162
Dropping in on Sandy	p. 166
Notes of an Unredeemed Catholic	p. 171
E' Poi? and Then?
'U Bizz' di Creanz': A Piece of Politeness	p. 193
In Absence	p. 200
Without My Tribe	p. 203
The Discourse of un' Propria Papon'	p. 213
Lotions, Potions, and Solutions	p. 218
And La La La	p. 226
Psychic Arrangements	p. 237
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