ANNALI D’ITALIANISTICA VOLUME 38 (2020) ITALIAN BOOKSHELF EDITORS OF ITALIAN BOOKSHELF Monica Jansen, Book Review Coordinator of Italian Bookshelf, Utrecht University, Netherlands Brandon Essary, Co-Coordinator of Italian Bookshelf, Elon University Anthony Nussmeier, Editor of Reviews in English, University of Dallas, responsible for the Middle Ages. Valerio Cappozzo, Editor of Reviews in Italian, University of Mississippi, responsible for the Renaissance. Olimpia Pelosi, SUNY, Albany, responsible for the 17 th , 18 th , and 19 th Centuries. Matteo Brera, York University, Toronto, responsible for 19 th and 20 th Centuries and Cultural and Diaspora Studies Monica Jansen, Utrecht University, responsible for 20 th and 21 th Centuries. Enrico Minardi, Arizona State University, responsible for 20 th and 21 th Centuries. Alessandro Grazi, Leibniz Institute of European History, Mainz, responsible for Jewish Studies. GENERAL & MISCELLANEOUS STUDIES Danielle Battisti. Whom We Shall Become. Italian Americans and Immigration Reform, 1945-1965. New York: Fordham UP, 2019. Pp. 366. (Samuele F. S. Pardini, Elon University) 379 Marina Bettaglio, Nicoletta Mandolini, Silvia Ross, eds. Rappresentare la violenza di genere. Sguardi femministi tra critica, attivismo e scrittura. Milano: Mimesis, 2018. Pp. 382. (Ombretta Frau, Mount Holyoke College) 381 Remo Bodei. Geometry of the Passions. Fear, Hope, Happiness: Philosophy and Political Use. Translated by Gianpiero W. Doebler. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018. Pp. 498. (Olimpia Pelosi, State University of New York at Albany) 383