Olive Face, Italian Voice: Constructing Super Mario as an Italian-American (1981–1996)

This study examines the development of Super Mario’s Italian-American character in the United States (1981-1996) to suggest looking at vocal typecasting and aural representation as overlooked signifiers of performed ethnicity in the arts. As a technological and cultural history of Italian face and v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marco Benoît Carbone
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bologna 2022-12-01
Series:Cinergie
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Online Access:https://cinergie.unibo.it/article/view/15824