Name: Edmondo Catania
Place and Date of Birth: South Philadelphia, PA, 09/23/1944
Generation: 2
Family Origin:
Spoken Languages:
Relocation to Florida: 2012
List of the Italian Expressions and Traditions Mentioned in the Interview:
Name: Edmondo Catania
Place and Date of Birth: South Philadelphia, PA, 09/23/1944
Generation: 2
Family Origin:
Spoken Languages:
Relocation to Florida: 2012
List of the Italian Expressions and Traditions Mentioned in the Interview:
0:07 |
Beginning of interview with Edmondo Catania |
0:56 - 3:00 |
Grandparents settling in Philadelphia and description of the old neighborhood |
3:30 – 5:00 |
World War II and parents’ newlywedded life |
5:00 – 6:45 |
Memories of food and festas in Philadelphia, anecdote about grandfather’s bakery |
7:00 – 8:20 |
Grandfather’s funeral and father’s commitment to Ed’s future |
8:30 – 10:40 |
Ancestral property in Sicily and Ed’s first trip to Italy at which time he met his relatives who had not emigrated |
10:40 – 11:40 |
Memories associated with food and navigating the language during the trip to Sicily |
11:50 – 14:30 |
Piecing together family history through Zio Giovanni’s stories and property ownership |
14:30 – 15:00 |
Cultural distinctions between maternal and paternal hometowns in Sicily |
15:00 – 16:00 |
Hosting a dinner and delivering a speech of appreciation to the relatives in Sicily |
16:00 – 18:00 |
Parents visit to Sicily regarding the land and the continued pursuit of claiming the ancestral property |
18:00 – 22:00 |
Talks about identifying as Italian growing up in Philadelphia and throughout life, compared to the ethnic identity of his sister, cousins, and next generation |
22:00 – 26:00 |
Memories of his father including: his father’s letters from when he was in the service, the dedication Ed gave at his parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, wartime stories he associated with his father. |
26:00 – 29:00 |
Ed’s professional life, marriage and family life |
29:00 – 30:00 |
Use of Italian, English, and dialect in different settings |
30:00 – 32:45 |
Family professions: baker, tailor, steam fitter, military serviceman; involvement in racketeering |
List of the Italian Expressions and Traditions Mentioned in the interview:
List of the Italian Expressions and Traditions Mentioned in the interview:
00:01 - 00:19 |
VZ presents himself in Italian. He arrived to New York in 1963, as young boy, with his parents. |
00:20 - 00:27 |
VZ moved to Florida in 1998 |
00:33 - 00:50 |
VZ’ s description of his native village in Italy |
00:55 - 01:01 |
It’s time to leave Italy |
01:02 - 01:10 |
“America is for young people” |
01:20 - 01-54 |
VZ’s life as an Italian-American |
02:00 - 02:51 |
VZ description of his job |
02:52 - 03:57 |
VZ’s first impression of Florida was not to memorable |
04:12 - 04:26 |
Life is unpredictable: Florida as a paradise |
04:41 - 06:06 |
VZ’ s rediscovering of Italian heritage |
06:10 - 08:21 |
Once upon a time: crossing the Atlantic to follow the American dream |
08:23 - 09:21 |
VZ’s arrival to New York |
09:34 - 09:40 |
The immigrants in the lower part of the ship |
09:45 - 10:02 |
The coat... |
10:20 - 10:48 |
VZ’s suitcase made by his uncle |
10:53 - 12:47 |
VZ’s experience as a young immigrant student in an American school |
13:08 - 13:22 |
The assimilation |
13:54 - 14:05 |
VZ’s trip back to his native village after the 1980’s earthquake that destroyed his hometown |
14:07 - 15:00 |
VZ’s description of artifacts he brought back from his small village: the bottle full of the earth from his vineyard |
15:03 - 16:55 |
VZ’ s legacy of his mother’s cooking |