Mothers and Mammismo in the Italian Diaspora

TY - JOUR

T1 - Mothers and Mammismo in the Italian Diaspora

AU - Willson, Perry

AU - Morris, Penelope

AU - Giorgi, Adalgisa

AU - Ricatti, Francesco

AU - Barocci, Silvia

AU - Maria Susanna, Garroni

N1 - funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - The short pieces presented here all originated in a workshop entitled ‘The Stereotype Abroad: Mammismo in the Italian Diaspora’ held in Edinburgh in May 2014. The workshop formed part of a wider interdisciplinary project - La Mamma: Interrogating National Stereotype - funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, to investigate the role and representations of Italian mothers, and, in particular, the stereotype of mammismo (the strong Italian mother who overindulges her sons). Whilst the three other workshops in the series (held in Dundee, Glasgow and Rome) focused on mothers in Italy itself (both in the past and in the present), the Edinburgh meeting looked beyond Italy to the experience of motherhood, and discourse about it, in migrant communities. After a short introduction by the workshop organizers (Penelope Morris and Perry Willson), this forum includes two contributions on migrant motherhood in the US (by Maria Susanna Garroni and Silvia Barocci), one on New Zealand (Adalgisa Giorgio) and one on Australia ( Francesco Ricatti).After a short introduction by the workshop organizers (Penelope Morris and Perry Willson), this forum includes two Contributions on migrant motherhood in the US (by Maria Susanna Garroni and Silvia Barocci), one on New Zealand (Adalgisa Giorgio) and one on Australia ( Francesco Ricatti).

AB - The short pieces presented here all originated in a workshop entitled ‘The Stereotype Abroad: Mammismo in the Italian Diaspora’ held in Edinburgh in May 2014. The workshop formed part of a wider interdisciplinary project - La Mamma: Interrogating National Stereotype - funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, to investigate the role and representations of Italian mothers, and, in particular, the stereotype of mammismo (the strong Italian mother who overindulges her sons). Whilst the three other workshops in the series (held in Dundee, Glasgow and Rome) focused on mothers in Italy itself (both in the past and in the present), the Edinburgh meeting looked beyond Italy to the experience of motherhood, and discourse about it, in migrant communities. After a short introduction by the workshop organizers (Penelope Morris and Perry Willson), this forum includes two contributions on migrant motherhood in the US (by Maria Susanna Garroni and Silvia Barocci), one on New Zealand (Adalgisa Giorgio) and one on Australia ( Francesco Ricatti).After a short introduction by the workshop organizers (Penelope Morris and Perry Willson), this forum includes two Contributions on migrant motherhood in the US (by Maria Susanna Garroni and Silvia Barocci), one on New Zealand (Adalgisa Giorgio) and one on Australia ( Francesco Ricatti).

M3 - Article

SN - 1120-0413

SP - 143

EP - 163

JO - Altreitalie

JF - Altreitalie

IS - 50

ER -