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La Mamma (eBook)

Interrogating a National Stereotype
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2018 | 1st ed. 2018
XIII, 248 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan US (Verlag)
978-1-137-54256-4 (ISBN)
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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.



Penelope Morris is Senior Lecturer in Italian in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Her previous publications include Giovanna Zangrandi: una vita in romanzo (2001); (ed.) Women in Italy 1945-1960 (Palgrave, 2006) and, with Francesco Ricatti and Mark Seymour, (co-ed.) Politica ed emozioni nella storia d'Italia dal 1848 ad oggi (2012).

Perry Willson is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. Her previous publications include Women in Twentieth-Century Italy (Palgrave, 2010); Peasant Women and Politics in Fascist Italy: the Massaie Rurali (2002) and The Clockwork Factory: Women and Work in Fascist Italy (1993).


The idea of the "e;mamma italiana"e; 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.

Penelope Morris is Senior Lecturer in Italian in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Her previous publications include Giovanna Zangrandi: una vita in romanzo (2001); (ed.) Women in Italy 1945-1960 (Palgrave, 2006) and, with Francesco Ricatti and Mark Seymour, (co-ed.) Politica ed emozioni nella storia d’Italia dal 1848 ad oggi (2012). Perry Willson is Professor of Modern European History at the University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. Her previous publications include Women in Twentieth-Century Italy (Palgrave, 2010); Peasant Women and Politics in Fascist Italy: the Massaie Rurali (2002) and The Clockwork Factory: Women and Work in Fascist Italy (1993).

1. La Mamma: Italian Mothers Past and Present: Penelope Morris and Perry Willson.2. Mammismo/Momism: On the History and Uses of a Stereotype, 1940s to the Present: Silvana Patriarca.3. Mothers, Workers, Citizens: Teresa Noce and the Parliamentary Politics of Motherhood: Molly Tambor.4. Problems and Prescriptions: Motherhood and Mammismo in 1950s Advice Columns: Penelope Morris.5. Conceptualizing the Maternal: Representations, Reflections and Refractions in Women’s Literary Writings: Ursula Fanning.6. Neapolitan Mothers: Three Generations of Women, from Representation to Reality: Gabriella Gribaudi.7. Mammas in Italian Migrant Families: the Anglophone Countries: Maddalena Tirabassi.8. Queer Daughters and Their Mothers: Carole Maso, Mary Cappello, and Alison Bechdel Write Their Way Home: Mary Jo Bona.9. Beyond the Stereotype: the Obstacle Course of Motherhood in Italy: Chiara Saraceno.-

Erscheint lt. Verlag 7.6.2018
Reihe/Serie Italian and Italian American Studies
Italian and Italian American Studies
Zusatzinfo XIII, 248 p. 1 illus.
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Anglistik / Amerikanistik
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Gender Studies
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte Cultural Theory • Culture • Europe • Film • Film History • Gender • History • History of Literature • Italy • Literary Theory • Literature • Motherhood • Social Science • Sociology • Twentieth century
ISBN-10 1-137-54256-X / 113754256X
ISBN-13 978-1-137-54256-4 / 9781137542564
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