The Assassination of Lieutenant Joe Petrosino: A Contested Symbol in the Mainstream and Italian-American Press in the Early 20th Century

Recently, scholars have looked at the ethnic press through a social constructionist lens, examining the process through which immigrants developed a sense of identity and the role of print culture in forming “imagined communities” (Anderson). Here, I analyze the coverage of the 1909 assassination of...

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Main Author: Marina Cacioppo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Humanities
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/12/1/6