Book
The Italians of Greenwich Village: the social structure and transformation of an ethnic community
Center for Migration Studies of New York, Inc. • New York • Published In 1984 • Pages:
By: Tricarico, Donald.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of an urban ethnic community from the standpoint of adaptation and change. Tricarico indicates that the South Village Italian community did not disintegrate as the result of the impact with American culture and the cessation of large-scale immigration, but instead persisted as an identifiable ethnic community, although not as a vestige of the original immigrant colony. Following World War I, this neighborhood was restructured into a new communal form reflecting '…the adjustment of the second generation to the city at a particular historical juncture, combining traditional, social and cultural forms with lower class, urban institutions' (p. xviii). Tricarico focuses his study on these institutions, particularly in reference to the family group, the social neighborhood, the local parish, district political clubs, and the Mafia syndicate, tracing the direction of change to the present day.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Cultural identity and pride
- Illegal entertainment
- Status, role, and prestige
- Ethnic stratification
- Sodalities
- Household
- Community structure
- Priesthood
- Congregations
- Religious denominations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Italian Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- Sociologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1991
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850s -1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Donald Tricarico
- Includes index. Bibliography: p. 169-275
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 82074381
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans