TY  - GEN
N2  - "The idea of the "mamma italiana" is one of the most widespread and recognizable stereotypes in perceptions of Italian national character both within and beyond Italy. This figure makes frequent appearances in jokes and other forms of popular culture, but it has also been seen as shaping the lived experience of modern-day Italians of both sexes, as well as influencing perceptions of Italy in the wider world. This interdisciplinary collection examines the invented tradition of mammismo but also contextualizes it by discussing other, often contrasting, ways in which the role of mothers, and the mother-son relationship, have been understood and represented in culture and society over the last century and a half, both in Italy and in its diaspora."--
DO  - 10.1057/978-1-137-54256-4
DO  - doi
AB  - "The idea of the "mamma italiana" is one of the most widespread and recognizable stereotypes in perceptions of Italian national character both within and beyond Italy. This figure makes frequent appearances in jokes and other forms of popular culture, but it has also been seen as shaping the lived experience of modern-day Italians of both sexes, as well as influencing perceptions of Italy in the wider world. This interdisciplinary collection examines the invented tradition of mammismo but also contextualizes it by discussing other, often contrasting, ways in which the role of mothers, and the mother-son relationship, have been understood and represented in culture and society over the last century and a half, both in Italy and in its diaspora."--
T1  - La Mamma, interrogating a national stereotype /
AU  - Morris, Penelope,
AU  - Willson, Perry R.,
CN  - HQ759
N1  - Most of the articles are the papers presented at the workshops of the project “La Mamma: Interrogating a National Stereotype,” held in Scotland and Italy between May 2012 and May 2014.
ID  - 843398
KW  - Motherhood in popular culture
KW  - National characteristics, Italian, in literature
KW  - National characteristics, Italian, in motion pictures
KW  - Italian Americans in literature
KW  - Italian Americans in motion pictures
KW  - Stereotypes (Social psychology)
SN  - 9781137542564
SN  - 113754256X
TI  - La Mamma, interrogating a national stereotype /
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