La Mamma Interrogating a National Stereotype /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Morris, Penelope (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Willson, Perry (Επιμελητής έκδοσης, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: Italian and Italian American Studies
• Θέματα: European literature.; Motion pictures-History.; Literature, Modern-20th century.; Sociology.; Literature-Philosophy.; Culture-Study and teaching.; European Literature.; Film History.; Twentieth-Century Literature.; Gender Studies.; Literary Theory.; Cultural Theory.
• Φυσική περιγραφή: XIII, 248 p. 1 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9781137542564
• DOI: 10.1057/978-1-137-54256-4

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 shaping the lived experience of modern-day Italians of both sexes, as well as influencing perceptions of Italy in the wider world. This interdisciplinary collection examines the invented tradition of mammismo but also contextualizes it by discussing other, often contrasting, ways in which the role of mothers, and the mother-son relationship, have been understood and represented in culture and society over the last century and a half, both in Italy and in its diaspora.