The Madonna of 115th Street : faith and community in Italian Harlem, 1880-1950 / Robert Anthony Orsi.
By: Orsi, Robert A.
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TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1985Description: xxiii, 287 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0300032625 (alk. paper); 9780300032628 (alk. paper); 0300042647; 9780300042641.Subject(s): Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Devotion to -- New York (State) -- New York | Italian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Religion | Italian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs | New York (N.Y.) -- Religious life and customs | Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions | New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditionsDDC classification: 263.980
Contents:
The days and nights of the festa -- Italian Harlem -- The origins of the devotion to mount Carmel in Italian Harlem -- The domus-centered society -- Conflicts in the domus -- Toward an inner history of immigration -- The meanings of the devotion to the Madonna of 115th street -- The theology of the streets.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-282) and index.
The days and nights of the festa -- Italian Harlem -- The origins of the devotion to mount Carmel in Italian Harlem -- The domus-centered society -- Conflicts in the domus -- Toward an inner history of immigration -- The meanings of the devotion to the Madonna of 115th street -- The theology of the streets.
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