Mothers and mammismo in the Italian diaspora

Morris, P. , Willson, P., Barocci, S., Garroni, M. S., Giorgio, A. and Ricatti, F. (2015) Mothers and mammismo in the Italian diaspora. Altreitalie, 50, pp. 143-163.

Abstract

The short pieces presented here all originate in a workshop entitled The Stereotype Abroad: Mammismo in the Italian Diaspora held in Edinburgh (Scotland, UK) in May 2014. The workshop formed part of a wider interdisciplinary project – La Mamma: Interrogating a 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 an introduction by the workshop organisers (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).

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Motherhood, Italy, migration, mammismo.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Morris, Professor Penelope
• Authors: Morris, P., Willson, P., Barocci, S., Garroni, M. S., Giorgio, A., and Ricatti, F.
• Subjects: D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D839 Post-war History, 1945 on; D History General and Old World > DG Italy; D History General and Old World > DU Oceania (South Seas); E History America > E151 United States (General); H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform; H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman; P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > Italian
• Journal Name: Altreitalie
• Publisher: Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli
• ISSN: 1120-0413
• ISSN (Online): 2385-0752
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2015 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Altreitalie 50:143-163
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
55694	1	La Mamma: interrogation of a stereotype	Penelope Morris	Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)	AH/I027517/1	MLC - ITALIAN