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Richard Gambino is an American author and educator. A professor emeritus at
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, Gambino pioneered the field of Italian-American studies in the 1970s. He is the author of ''Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian Americans'' (1974) and co-founder of ''
Italian Americana ''Italian Americana'' is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering studies on the Italian-American experience. It publishes history, fiction, memoirs, poetry, and reviews. The editor-in-chief is Carla A. Simonini ( Loyola University Chic ...
'', a peer-reviewed cultural/historical journal devoted to the Italian-American experience.


Biography

Richard Gambino grew up in the Red Hook section of
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; his father was an Italian immigrant. He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy at
New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...
. In 1973, Gambino founded the Italian-American Studies program at CUNY/Queens College. It was the first known offering of its kind in the United States. He published a study of the Italian-American experience titled ''Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian Americans'' in 1974; it was well received and has become a classic text. That same year, he co-founded ''Italian Americana'' with Ernest Falbo and Bruno Arcudi. In 1999,
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made a fictionalized film, ''
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'', based on Gambino's non-fiction book by the same name, about the March 14, 1891, lynchings of Italians in New Orleans. The film starred Christopher Walken,
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, and
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. Gambino's play about
Walt Whitman Walter Whitman (; May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among t ...
, ''Camerado'', and another about
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, were performed in
the Hamptons The Hamptons, part of the East End of Long Island, consist of the towns of Southampton and East Hampton, which together comprise the South Fork of Long Island, in Suffolk County, New York. The Hamptons are a popular seaside resort and one o ...
on Long Island.


Published works

* ''Freedom and Integrated Personality in Spinoza's Ethics'' (1965) * ''Concepts of Mental Disorder and Criminal Responsibility in Law'' (1968) * Introduction to ''Nietzsche the Thinker: A Study'' by William M. Salter (1968) * ''Crime and Punishment: Toward a Policy for Our Time'' (1969) * ''Blood of My Blood: The Dilemma of the Italian Americans'' (1974) * ''A Guide to Ethnic Studies Programs in American Colleges, Universities and Schools'' (1975) * ''Vendetta'' (1977) * ''Bread and Roses'' (1981) * ''Italian-American Studies and Italian-Americans at CUNY: Report and Recommendations'' (1987) * ''Racing with Catastrophe: Rescuing America's Higher Education'' (1990) * ''Multicultural Education: Will Extremists Destroy the Dream?'' (1992) * ''Italian American Autobiographies'', contributor (1993) * ''Camerado & the Trial of Pius XII : two plays '' (2013)


See also

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Anthony Julian Tamburri Anthony Julian Tamburri is the seventh executive director and longest serving with the title of Dean of the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute of Queens College, CUNY and Distinguished Professor of European Languages and Literatures. He ...
*
Fred Gardaphé Fred Gardaphé is an American literary scholar, currently a Distinguished Professor of Italian and American Studies at Queens College, City University of New York The City University of New York ( CUNY; , ) is the public university system of New ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gambino, Richard American writers of Italian descent Living people People from Red Hook, Brooklyn Queens College, City University of New York faculty 20th-century American writers Year of birth missing (living people)