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Boys in Little Italy: a comparison of their individual value orientations, family patterns, and peer group associations
R & E Research Associates • San Francisco • Published In 1978 • Pages:
By: Alissi, Albert S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study, dealing in large part with social theory, focuses on the "Little Italy" section of Cleveland, Ohio. The aim of the study was to determine to what extent boys of Alissi's sample (aged 12-18), with similar value orientations also came from similar family types and peer groups. Alissi notes that these social variables were so related as to distinguish the existence of at least three diverse subsystems -- traditional, mobile, and deviant -- which reflected predictably characteristic values, family types and peer group properties. Alissi suggests that "…the traditional subsystem was made up of boys with existing value orientations who came from expanded families and belonged to corner-boy groups; the mobile subsystem was made up of boys with achieving value orientations who came from nuclear families and belonged to college-boy groups; and the deviant subsystem was made up of boys with conflicting value orientations who came from mixed families and belonged to deviant-boy groups" (p. 81). The document concludes with appendices showing examples of the questionnaires used to gather the data in this work.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Ethos
- Cultural participation
- Classes
- Social relationships and groups
- Nuclear family
- Extended families
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Little Italy, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Albert S. Alissi
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-119)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77090360
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans