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Watching the live netcast of the Calandra Institute Colloquium, January 21, 2010
The name ‘Guido’ has come to characterize the ‘20 something’ generation of Italian Americans. US Census data provides an approximation of that generation with data on the...
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?...
Editorial Note: The John D. Calandra Italian American Institute decided to host a colloquium entitled "Guido: An Italian-American Youth Style" on January 21, 20010. Guest speakers...
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...
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...
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”...
A social scientist’s take on guidos, prominenti, and intellectual inquiry.
There is nothing new in certain segments of the community trying to impose their views of what it means to be Italian American on others. This controversy reminds me of recent...
The Italian and Italian American traditions share many common practices, the most important of which for the case at hand is the knack for rhetorical and other displays. It is the...
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...
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)...