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An American with an Italian Name. Hindrance or Advantage?

Darrell Fusaro

Most Italian-Italians, the ones from Italy, that is, always seem to be curious as to how we Italian-Americans are perceived by others in America. With all the news they’ve...

National Italian American Foundation Official Statement: MTV’s “Jersey Shore”

Joseph V. Del Raso (NIAF President)

Editors’ Note: We do not doubt that the media can and have had a dilatory effect on how certain members of society may look upon others. We also realize that Italian Americans...

Organized Culture

Fred Gardaphe

If you believe that the “Jersey Shore” show of MTV is really gangsters without guns, then you should do something about it. But since when have we become afraid of our youth?...

Guido: A Generational Rebellion. Interview with Donna M. Chirico

Ottorino Cappelli

I am not sure why mimicking the guido style is any better or worse than folks in a previous generation trying to be like James Dean or the pre-Godfather Marlon Brando. It is one...

Guidos on MTV: Tangled Up in the Feedback Loop

Donald Tricarico*

Why has MTV produced a youth culture reality show that showcases Guido and Italian identity? Guido offers a symbol that specifically identifies the brand; Italian ethnicity makes...

Fear and (Self-) Loathing in Italian America

Joey Skee

The Specter of the Gavon Haunts the Prominenti.

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...

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”...

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