book chapter
Moral familism: Italian-Americans and Società
New explorations in Italian American studies: proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the American Italian Historical Association, Washington, D.C., November 12-14, 1992 • Washington, D.c. • Published In 1992 • Pages: 209-226
By: Salamone, Frank A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is a critique of Banfield's famous theory, 'amoral familism,' regarding Italian family behavior and the limitations it imposed on the development of civil society and a modern economy. According to Salamone, Rochester's Italian-Americans displayed a gregariousnous and organizational ability that produced a variety of extrafamilial associations. These associations helped immigrants to advance financial, cultural, and business goals. In 1935 there were 40 organizations united under the Italian Civic League. Cultural clubs worked to combat negative stereotyping in the media, by sponsoring lectures and cultural events that showed off the positive aspects of Italian culture. The Italian Civil Rights League was formed in response to the power politics of the 1960s and 1970s.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethnic stratification
- Sodalities
- Ethnic stratification
- Political movements
- 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.
- Historian
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1999
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Not Specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1865-1985
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rochester, N.Y., United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Frank A. Salamone
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 224-226)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 94032166
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Italian Americans