La Mamma : interrogating a national stereotype / Penelope Morris, Perry Willson, editors.

"The idea of the "mamma italiana" is one of the most widespread and recognizable stereotypes in perceptions of Italian national character both within and beyond Italy. This figure makes frequent appearances in jokes and other forms of popular culture, but it has also been seen as shap...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors:	Morris, Penelope (Editor), Willson, Perry R. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY, USA : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Series:	Italian and Italian American studies (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subjects:	Motherhood in popular culture > Congresses. National characteristics, Italian, in literature > Congresses. National characteristics, Italian, in motion pictures > Congresses. Italian Americans in literature > Congresses. Italian Americans in motion pictures > Congresses. Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Congresses. Italian Americans in literature. Italian Americans in motion pictures. Motherhood in popular culture. National characteristics, Italian, in literature. National characteristics, Italian, in motion pictures. Stereotypes (Social psychology) Conference papers and proceedings.