Table of Contents

Longing, Loss, and Nostalgia; S.G.Pugliese PART I: HISTORY AND POLITICS Frank Sinatra and the American Century; D.Brinkley Frank Sinatra's House: Politics and Passion: J.Dorinson Frank Sinatra and Civil Rights; L.Mustazza Frank Sinatra and Presidential Politics; M.Nelson PART II: IDENTITY AND REPRESENTATION Why The Bobby-Soxers?; J.L.Booker Playing the Big Room: Sinatra, the Fontainebleu Hotel and The Architecture of Inclusion; G.Gonzalez Someone to Watch Over Him: Images of Gender and Class Vulnerability in Early Sinatra; R.Jacklosky State of Grace: Sinatra and American Charisma; T.H.Adamowski PART III: ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURE Sinatra at the Table: Scenes From 'Patsy's Restaurant; J.Scognamillo Mammissimo: Dolly and Frankie Sinatra and the Italian American Mother/Son Thing; J.Gennari Urbane Villager; T.Ferraro Passing for Italian: Crooners and Gangsters in Cross-Over Culture; J.Gennari Sinatra, The Name Ending in a Vowel, or, 'My' Frank Sinatra Problem; R.Marinaccio Prophet, Padrone, Postmodern Prometheus: Moral Images of Sinatra in contemporary Culture; E.Santurri

About the Author

Stanislao G. Pugliese is Associate Professor of History at Hofstra University and author of Bitter Spring: A Life of Ignazio Silone (FSG, forthcoming) and Carlo Rosselli: Socialist Heretic and Antifascist Exile (Harvard, 1999).

Reviews

'Stan Pugliese's Frank Sinatra is a terrific read: the essays offer a range of provocative viewpoints on the universal icon, the American music, and the Italian-American man that was Frank Sinatra. A smart, witty, disturbing, and beautifully choreographed collection.' - Regina Barreca, Professor of English, University of Connecticut, and editor of Don't Tell Mama: The Penguin Book of Italian American Writing