book chapter
Current patterns of socialization and adaptation in an Italian American community
melting pot and beyond: Italian Americans in the year 2000: proceedings of the XVIII Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association held at the Biltmore Plaza Hotel, Providence, Rhode Island, November 7-9, 1985 • Staten Island, New York • Published In 1987 • Pages: 273-284
By: Chiacchio, Concetta A. Maglione.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Hewittown, New Jersey is the focus of Chiacchio's research reported in this article. The study attempts "to understand the current socialization pattern of the Italian-American third and fourth generation, and to ascertain how Hewittowners adapt to their environment, this research investigates the transformation of socialization and the process of intergenerational continuity. The people's folk system is examined to determine how Hewittowners perceive and interpret the social relationship in which they are involved" (pp. 273-274). Topics discussed in this paper are Chiacchio's methodology, ethnicity, and group orientation.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Interviewing in research
- External migration
- Cultural identity and pride
- Settlement patterns
- Community structure
- 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 chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Unknown
- 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 ; 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
- ca. 1900-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hewittown, N.J., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Concetta A. Maglione Chiacchio
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-284)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 87022170
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans