by Collin Carroll America is a country of Immigrants. For centuries, families and individuals have beenimmigrating to the United States in search of new opportunities and a path to a better life. Someof the largest groups to make this trip were Italian and Irish immigrants. While their culturaltraditions, languages, and religious practices differed in many…
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With insight from a student from Reggio Emilia University by Alessandra Iarriccio Italian School Culture: Stereotypes and Social Commentary Italian schools are frequently characterized by certain enduring stereotypes, particularly among outsiders and even within the Italian population. Among the most common according to a student from a university in Reggio Emilia, Italy is the belief…
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With insight from a student from Reggio Emilia University by Alessandra Iarriccio Education plays a crucial role in shaping young individuals and societies. While every country has its own approach to education, Italy and the United States have distinct systems that reflect their unique histories, values, and culture. By examining the structure in both Italy…
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Read about how Maria Teresa Sanhueza, Associate Professor of Spanish at Wake Forest University, is documenting female immigrant perspectives and making history just.
Last year, on March 19th, four generations of family gathered on the corner of 118th Street and FirstAvenue in East Harlem to honor Giuseppina Santo in a street co-naming ceremony. It was a day ofcelebration, a loving tribute to a mother and grandmother, but it was filled with sadness. Just a few feetfrom the busy…
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I am pleased and honored to share with our readers another document from the past, a letter written in the August of 1956 by Maria, a girl from Mugnano del Cardinale (Avellino, Italy) who was migrating to the United States with her parents. Maria wrote this letter to Salvatore, her fiancée and future husband, and…
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Italian and Nepali Immigration From Foreign Birth to American Life. As a Nepalese immigrant, I never imagined that other immigrant groups would have encountered such difficulties. My family and I immigrated to America when I was only six. Each one of us had different expectations of America and our American dream. My sister and I…
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Italian-Americans have lived in my hometown of Ashtabula, Ohio, for well over a hundred years. In that time they have become an integral part of the community’s culture, economy, and history. Many of the immigrants that came directly from Italy throughout the 20th century were able to find steady work in one of the area’s…
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Interviews with different Italian Americans on the Italian American collective website can open our eyes to the perspective of Italian Americas. It is one thing to watch movies about Italians, or Italian immigrants, or even to read articles regarding these things, but getting firsthand interviews with Italian Americans is the best way to go about…
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Providing insight to the beliefs, values, and needs of a particular culture, architecture and design prove crucial to better understanding a group of people. The design of different buildings and structures, for instance, must be functional to meet the needs of a community, but the way in which the design accomplishes its goals reveals the…
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