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- The first book-length work about Italian American ethnicity and youth culture
- Elucidates a theoretical perspective—social constructionism and segmented assimilation—that can explain Italian American cultural and social forms as a youth subculture
- Situates Guido in urban Italian American culture as an adaption to New York City over time
Part of the book series: Italian and Italian American Studies (IIAS)
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Italian American culture
- Italian studies
- 1950s Do Wop
- Jersey Shore
- Guido culture
- New York City Italian heritage
- Italian New York City
- ethnography
- ethnic youth subcultures
- Italian American ethnicity
- youth agency
- disco culture
- constructionist model of ethnicity
- segmented assimilation model of ethnicity
- ethnic youth identity
- Bensonhurst
- Brooklyn
Reviews
“This book is highly multidisciplinary, understandably, given its multiple vistas. … It explicates the vibrancy and a value that a generation crafted out of on word, Guido, devised to suggest the opposite.” (Nicholas Boston, Italian American Review, Vol. 10 (2), 2020)
“A brilliant work of close knowledge, deep study, patient and clear application of social science methods, and wonderful reflections on class, ethnicity, and culture within the US racial order. Without romanticizing, Tricarico shows an Italian American culture able to create and recreate style in shifting urban settings.” (David Roediger, Foundation Professor of American Studies at the University of Kansas, USA, and author of Working Toward Whiteness: How America’s Immigrants Became White)Authors and Affiliations
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Queensborough Community College, CUNY, Bayside, USA
Donald Tricarico
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Guido Culture and Italian American Youth
Book Subtitle: From Bensonhurst to Jersey Shore
Authors: Donald Tricarico
Series Title: Italian and Italian American Studies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03293-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03292-0Published: 12 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03293-7Published: 24 December 2018
Series ISSN: 2635-2931
Series E-ISSN: 2635-294X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 332
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 19 illustrations in colour
Topics: US History, Cultural History, Popular Culture , American Culture, Youth Culture, Ethnicity Studies