American Book Awards
1 appearances
-
Edition 27 (2006) Winner
Thomas J. Ferraro
トーマス・J・フェラーロ
Thomas J. Ferraro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- Professor of English, Non-fiction writer, Scholar
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst College | — | — | B.A. | — | United States |
| Yale University | — | — | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Amherst College
Degree:
B.A.
Country:
United States
Graduated summa cum laude
Yale University
Degree:
Ph.D.
Country:
United States
Received the Theron Rockwell Field Prize for Distinguished Humanities Dissertation
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | American Book Award | Feeling Italian: The Art of Ethnicity in America | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award | — | — | Duke University | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Bass Society of Fellows (endowed chair) | — | — | Duke University | 就任 |
American Book Award
2006
Work:
Feeling Italian: The Art of Ethnicity in America
Organization:
Before Columbus Foundation
Result:
受賞
Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Teaching Award
2010
Organization:
Duke University
Result:
受賞
Bass Society of Fellows (endowed chair)
2011
Organization:
Duke University
Result:
就任
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ethnic Passages: Literary Immigrants in Twentieth-Century America
1993 Scholarly work (American literature / immigrant literature)An academic study analyzing immigrant writers in twentieth-century America and how representations of ethnicity shape literary identities.
ethnicityimmigrant literatureidentity
Feeling Italian: The Art of Ethnicity in America
2005 Scholarly book / Cultural studiesExamines cultural representations of Italian Americans and the performance of ethnicity, considering how ethnic identities are formed in American cultural history.
Italian American studiesethnicitycultural representation
Catholic Lives, Contemporary America (editor)
1997 Edited volume / EssaysAn edited collection of essays on Catholic lives and experiences in contemporary America, addressing Catholicity and cultural practices.
Catholicityreligion and culturesocial history
Bibliography
- Blood in the Marketplace (contributed essay)
- Whole Families Shopping at Night! (contributed essay)
- Ethnic Passages: Literary Immigrants in Twentieth-Century America
- Feeling Italian: The Art of Ethnicity in America
- Catholic Lives, Contemporary America (editor)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly and analytical proseUses cultural studies methodologiesCritical approach with emphasis on historical context
- Recurring Motifs
- ethnicity and identityimmigrant experienceCatholicityvisual media and representation
Legacy
A significant academic contributor to studies of immigrant literature and ethnicity in twentieth-century America. Through teaching and research at Duke University, he influenced scholarship on Catholicity, immigrant literature, and visual representation.
Archives
- Possible related materials held at Duke University Libraries (Rubenstein)
Trivia
- Holds the Frances Hill Fox Professorship of English at Duke University.
- Won the 2006 American Book Award for Feeling Italian.