TY  - BOOK
AU  - Serra,Rosemary
AU  - Kapuscinski,Scott R.
TI  - Sense of origins: a study of New York's young Italian Americans 
T2  - Suny series in Italian/American culture
SN  - 9781438479200
AV  - F128.9.I8 S4713 2020
U1  - 305.8009747 23
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Italian Americans
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - New York
KW  - Ethnic identity
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Attitudes
KW  - Youth
KW  - Ethnicity
KW  - Américains d'origine italienne
KW  - Identité ethnique
KW  - New York (État)
KW  - Conditions sociales
KW  - 21e siècle
KW  - Jeunesse
KW  - Ethnicité
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - fast
KW  - New York (N.Y.)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I: Field research -- Chapter One Theoretical Structure, Methodological Path, Description of the Sample -- The Research Target Population -- The Sample -- Cognitive Objectives -- The Questionnaire -- Sociographic Data -- Gender, Marital Status, Place of Birth and of Residence -- Education Level, Occupation, Social Class -- Familial Situation -- Chapter Two Values, Family, and Primary Socialization -- Values -- The Italian American Family: Some Reflections from the Research -- Profile of the Mothers; Profile of the Fathers -- Socialization in Family and Peer Groups -- Chapter Three Ethnic Identification -- Ethnicity of the Respondents -- Ethnicity of the Partner -- Ethnicity: Ways of Interpreting It -- Pathways of Ethnic Identification -- Immigration and the Memory Thereof -- The Italian American Identification -- The Transmission of Ethnic Identity -- The Importance of Ethnic Identification -- Reasons for the Significance of Ethnic Identification -- The Emotional Component of Ethnic Identification -- Internal Conflict Stemming from the Ethnic Background; Chapter Four Different Identity Models of Young Italian Americans: The Significance of Being Italian American Today -- Interpretations of Italian American identity in the 1970s and 1980s -- More Recent Interpretations -- Areas of Meaning on Being Italian American Today -- The Plurality of Italian American Identities -- Chapter Five The Image of Italian Americans -- The Identifying Characteristics of Italian Americans -- The Image of the Typical Individual: Comparing the Italian American and the Italian; The Differences and Resemblances among the Italian Americans, the Italians, and the Other Americans -- The Image of the Group Structure -- Organization -- Integration -- Dimensions of the Image of Italian Americans -- Chapter Six Italy and the Italians -- Origin Myths -- "La bella Italia" -- Knowledge of Italian Culture -- Personal Relationship with Italy -- Use of the Italian Language and Various Dialects -- Some Considerations Regarding the Use and the Future of the Italian Language and Its dialects -- The Dimensions of the Image of Italy and the Italians; Chapter Seven The Stereotypical Images of Italian Americans -- The Stereotype -- Prejudice -- Ethnic Prejudice -- Stereotypes about and Prejudices against Italians -- Prejudices, Stereotypes, and Representations of Italian Americans -- Racial Discrimination against Italians in America and the Privileges of Being White -- The Interviewed Young People's Portrayal of Stereotypes and Prejudices Regarding Italian Americans -- Stereotypes of Italian Americans in the Media -- The "Guido" Subculture -- Guido Subculture and Youth -- Chapter Eight Attitudes and Affiliations -- Religiosity in America
N2  - "Studies the relationship between young Italian Americans and their Italian cultural and historical heritage"--
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