Correction to: Intergenerational Ethnic Identity Construction and Transmission among Italian-Australians

Abstract

The following corrections were made in the original version of the book: 1. In Chapter 9, the text See Fig. 9.2 has been deleted. 2. In Chapter 10, the text unrelated to the chapter content which was published has been deleted.The corrections to the book have been updated with the changes.

Beyond authenticity: An ethnographic reflection on Italians in Australia and Italians in Italy

“…In previous works, I have reflected on the mythologisation of Italian and Calabrian culture (Marino, 2019b, 2020) – in this instance, for example, Anthony’s belief in some universally practised ‘Italian stuff’ and ‘Italian values’ – and on the relevance of what is embodied and what is performed . In reflecting on Anthony’s and his cousin’s claims of ‘being more Italian’ than me (I was born in Italy), one must clearly be cognisant of the context and the ways these young men were performing.…”

“…However, one should also contextualise their practice of conforming, to a certain extent, to what they believe that a shared common sense of Calabrian identity would presuppose, with its identity markers (Marino, 2020) consisting either of some objects or words recalling Italy, or of performative attitudes intrinsic to a specific culture.…”

“…However, culture is very active in deterritorialised communities. Studies characterised by an excess of eticity (where the point of view is that of the observer) seem to disregard (or do not contextualise in-depth) the emic perspective, specifically ‘what is going on’ among participants and ‘why they do what they do’ within a social reality (Marino, 2020).…”

“…For a historical overview of Italian migration to Australia, see Ricatti (2018), and on Calabrians in Australia, see Marino (2020). After the Second World War, up until the mid-1950s, Calabrian migrants became the most represented regional grouping of Italians in Australia, with more than 14,000 migrants.…”

“…When I was collecting data for previous research on traditional Calabrian musicians who migrated to Australia (Marino, 2012, 2020), one of the sonaturi (folkloric musicians) at a Calabrian-Australian family engagement party told me that not only had he not forgotten his paese (village), he felt ‘more Italian than the Italians who actually live in Italy’. Analogous stances were expressed by other participants in that research.…”