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S.O.S. UNICO Challenges MTV

Ottorino Cappelli

On Saturday afternoon a hundred or so people, among whom several leaders of Italian-American associations, community activists, and elected officials, gathered at the Seaside...

Guido: an Italian American Youth Style

Anthony Julian Tamburri

This colloquium is not about the MTV show “Jersey Shore” and it does not justify it in any manner. This colloquium is about the phenomenon of the “Guido” that, regardless...

The Guido Controversy: Dirty Laundry and Deep Rugs. An Interview with Gianfranco Norelli

Ottorino Cappelli

The Director of “Pane Amaro” (Bitter Bread), an acclaimed doumentary about the life and history of early Italian immigrats in the U.S., talks about whether sweeping dirt...

The Situation

Robert Viscusi

'Guido' is a phenomenon that demands attention. If Italian American social advance were as real, as secure, and as substantial as many Italian Americans believe it to be (I am...

Real Italians

Joey Skee

A social scientist’s take on guidos, prominenti, and intellectual inquiry.

Italian Americans in the Trap of Television. An Interview with Maria Laurino

Ottorino Cappelli

Italian Americans should put an end to their obsession with their image in the television media. Television, in general, tends to caricature reality; it likes showing things that...

Keyword: Different. What Guidos Are, and Are Not

Johnny DeCarlo*

The "Guido/Goomba/Cugine" is a very distinctive-looking, working-class East Coast Italian-American. The whole lifestyle may seem shallow or strange to some, but “authentic”...

Guido: Stereotype, Caricature, or Lifestyle?

Chiara and Franco Montalto

What is this guido thing? Is it pure caricature put on us by the outside world, or do we have an active part in it? Is it lifestyle or demeaning stereotype? A (former guido)...

On Guidos, Gramsci, and Irony Deficiency

Laura E. Ruberto

Why Italian Americans need to take action, a Pasquinian response to some recent debates.

Dialogue and Debate, Part two: An Italian-American Controversy

Fred Gardaphe

Editorial Note: On January 21 (10am) the John D. Calandra Italian American Institute will host a colloquium entitled "Guido: An Italian-American Youth Style." Guest speakers...

Dialogue and Debate: Not Denigration and Dismissal

Fred Gardaphe

Open Letter to Mr. Arthur Piccolo and all those who believe in boycotting intellectual investigations

Jersey Shore: The Split on Stereotyping

Marisa Iallonardo

Summing up the Italian-American controversy of the month. On newspapers, on television, and on the net...

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