Book
Ethnicity in the sunbelt: Italian American migrants in Scottsdale, Arizona
AMS Press • New York • Published In 1989 • Pages: xix, 361
By: Martinelli, Phylis Cancilla.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
According to Martinelli a major issue in ethnic studies is whether descendants of European immigrants have a strong sense of ethnic identity or if members of these groups are close to total assimilation into the culture of the host society. To test the validity of this issue Martinelli examines a group of Italian American migrants to Scottsdale, Arizona; a place far removed from contact with any traditional ethnic enclave. A number of scales were used in conjunction with a selected set of variables to test for evidence of ethnicity. The scales used were the Italian American Family Attitude scale, Identificational Ethnic scale, Cultural Ethnicity scale, National Ethnic scale, Structural Behavior Ethnicity scale, Religious Ethnicity scale, and the Food, Language and Music scale. The variables were generation, birth cohort, occupation, education, sex, length of time in Arizona, being married endogamously or exogamously, and being raised in a city with a major Italian American population or raised elsewhere (p. xix). Martinelli's findings indicate "…a lack of significant differences among many of the variables some, for example generation, showed some evidence of declining ethnicity. A fairly cohesive set of attitudes, behavior, and feelings was found among the generally upwardly mobile, middle-class respondents. The majority of the respondents were in the moderate ethnicity category, determined by testing McKay and Lewins' ethnic typology, and were characterized by an emergent ethnicity, termed symbolic ethnicity. It appears that ethnicity still has some salience for the respondents in this study" (pp. xix-xx).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Interviewing in research
- Tests and schedules administered in the field
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Cultural identity and pride
- Labor supply and employment
- Age stratification
- Ethnic stratification
- Regulation of marriage
- Education system
- Liberal arts education
- 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
- 1982-1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1860-1980s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Scottsdale, Ariz., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Phylis Cancilla Martinelli
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-283) and index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans