Serra Sense of Origins

A Study of New York's Young Italian Americans
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4384-7920-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Reihe: SUNY series in Italian/American Culture

Studies the relationship between young Italian Americans and their Italian cultural and historical heritage.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Serra, Rosemary

Weitere Mitwirkende

Kapuscinski, Scott R.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword
Jerome Krase, Professor Emeritus

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Field Research

1. Theoretical Structure, Methodological Path, Description of the Sample

2. Values, Family, and Primary Socialization

3. Ethnic Identification

4. Different Identity Models of Young Italian Americans: The Significance of Being Italian American Today

5. The Image of Italian Americans

6. Italy and the Italians

7. The Stereotypical Images of Italian Americans

8. Attitudes and Affiliations

9. The Future

10. Knowledge of and Attachment to the Italian and Italian American Cultures

Part II: Identity Profiles

11.The American Identity in Generational Flux

12. Profiles of Young Italian Americans: Sketches in Chiaroscuro

Concluding Reflections

Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rosemary Serra is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Trieste, Italy. She is the author and editor of several Italian-language books in sociology, including Logiche di rete: Dalla teoria all'intervento sociale. Scott R. Kapuscinski teaches English at Queens College, City University of New York.