paesan


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paesan

(paɪˈzæn) or

paesano

n
(Peoples) other words for paisan
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(20.) Roberto Perin and Franc Sturino, eds., Arrangiarsi: The Italian Immigration Experience in Canada (Montreal: Guernica, 1988); John Zucchi, Italians in Toronto: Development of a National Identity, 1875-1935 (Kingston: MQUP, 1988); Nicholas Harney, Eh, Paesan!: Being Italian in Toronto (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998); Filippo Salvatore, Fascism and the Italians of Montreal: An Oral History, 1922-1945 (Montreal: Guernica, 1995); Donna Gabaccia and Franca Iacovetta, Women, Gender, and Transnational Lives: Italian Workers of the World (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002).
Special thanks: Panera Bread, Sandye's Cafe, Dunkin Donuts, CapCom FCU, Capital District Catering & Paesan's Pizza.
(60) See the Italo-Canadian example in Nicholas DeMaria Harney, Eh, paesan! Being italian in Toronto (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1998).
One part of the world that is finally getting their due with a queer collection is Italy, celebrated in Hey Paesan! Writings by Lesbians and Gay Men of Italian Descent, edited by Giovanna Capone, Denise Nico Leto and Tommi Avicollo Mecca (Three Guineas Press $12.95).
"Barbera is a very interesting grape but it does have the old paesan reputation," says Cappuccino.
Eh, Paesan! is divided into 9 chapters, preceded by a Preface and Acknowledgements, and followed by an Appendix, Notes, Glossary and References.