The Italians in America, from Transculturation to Identity Renegotiation
The experience of Italians in the United States should not be viewed in terms of rupture with Italian life but rather in a perspective of continuity even if the American environment influenced the immigrants’ lifestyle. The interaction between their communities and American society led to an Italian...
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| description | The experience of Italians in the United States should not be viewed in terms of rupture with Italian life but rather in a perspective of continuity even if the American environment influenced the immigrants’ lifestyle. The interaction between their communities and American society led to an Italian-American identity born out of a renegotiation of their original identities, the building of a national consciousness, and their Americanization. Hence they became white ethnics. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3ffe1508c9f84faf9f027c75a3110c4a2024-12-09T13:33:56ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiDiasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire1637-58232431-14722011-12-0119415110.4000/diasporas.1788The Italians in America, from Transculturation to Identity RenegotiationMarie-Christine MichaudThe experience of Italians in the United States should not be viewed in terms of rupture with Italian life but rather in a perspective of continuity even if the American environment influenced the immigrants’ lifestyle. The interaction between their communities and American society led to an Italian-American identity born out of a renegotiation of their original identities, the building of a national consciousness, and their Americanization. Hence they became white ethnics.https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/1788 |
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| title | The Italians in America, from Transculturation to Identity Renegotiation |
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