Rope and Soap: Realities in a Land Where “The Bread is Soft But Life Is Hard”

by DOMENICA SANTOMAGGIO DIRAVIAM Fabio Girelli-Carasi’s, Rope and Soap: Lynchings of Italians in the United States (the English translation of Patrizia Salvetti’s work intitled Corda e sapone: storie di linciaggi di Italiani negli Stati Uniti) and the documentary, Linciati: Lynchings of Italians in America in jointly provide an enlightened understanding of the episodes of lynching …