Italian Family Values and Ethnic Identity in Australian Schools

Chiro, Giancarlo; Smolicz, J. J.

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“…There have been many studies on so-called ethnic or community schools in Australia, set up by specific migrant communities, with government funding, to ensure cultural transmission and specifically language maintenance (e.g., Smolicz et al 2001;Clyne 1991;Scarino 2014). Chiro and Smolicz (2002) focused on Italian values in Australian schools, where specific "family values" and ethnic identity where shared among a group of tertiary students of Italian ancestry in Australia. The authors highlight how, in the students' personal narratives, the participants comment on their past and present experiences with respect to their Italian culture maintenance efforts and their attitudes toward Italian cultural values.…”

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Existing Research on Italian Migrants in the USA and Australia: A Critical Overview

Marino

2019

The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education

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This chapter provides a brief overview of the literature on Italian migrants in the USA and in Australia and the theoretical reference points on which different research studies are based. US literature was historically characterized by concepts of social change and assimilationist approaches whereby immigrant groups were expected to merge into general American culture. Some academic assumptions were maintained by later American sociologists studying Italian groups, although with new terminology, including urbanization, adaptation, accommodation, and social adjustment. In Australia, the rise of multicultural policies in the 1970s contrasted with the laissez-faire attitude to ethnic pluralism in the USA and led Australian literature to focus more on issues of cultural transmission and the construction of Italian ethnic groups. Australian studies, ranging across different disciplines, have examined the social organization of Italian migrants, mainly those from a working-class background and with a focus on domestic and family dynamics. More recently, both US and Australian studies have touched on matters of transnationalism, looking at issues such as the contemporary migration to the USA referred to as la fuga dei talenti ("the flight of the talented"), coexisting transnational contexts, gender, globalization, and matters of citizenship.

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Existing Research on Italian Migrants in the USA and Australia: A Critical Overview

Marino

2019

The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education

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“…In reality, the community is linguistically fragmented, and its members speak either a dialect, a regional or popular variety of Italian, Standard Italian, or a mixture of all these varieties. This linguistic fragmentation also contributes to the intergenerational shift to English within the Italian community (Chiro & Smolicz 2002, Rubino 2006.…”

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Dialects Among Young Italian-Australians: A Shift in Attitude and Perception

Benatti¹,

Tarantini

2017

Studia Anglica Posnaniensia

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The aim of this article is to analyse the relationship that second- and third-generation Italian migrants in Australia have with the Italian dialect of their family. We report on the survey we recently carried out among young Italian-Australians, mainly learners of Italian as a second language. First, we analyse the motivation behind learning Italian as a heritage language. We then move on to describe their self-evaluation of their competence in the dialect of their family, and their perception thereof. Surprisingly, our survey reveals that not only are Italian dialects still understood by most second- and third-generation Italians (contrary to what people may think), but Italian dialects are also perceived by young Italian-Australians as an important part of their identity. For them, dialect is the language of the family, particularly in relation to the older members. It fulfills an instrumental function, as it enables communication with some family members who master neither English nor Italian, but above all, it is functional to the construction of their self and their social identity.

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Italians in Australia

Baldassar¹

2005

Encyclopedia of Diasporas

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Italian Family Values and Ethnic Identity in Australian Schools

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Existing Research on Italian Migrants in the USA and Australia: A Critical Overview

Existing Research on Italian Migrants in the USA and Australia: A Critical Overview

Dialects Among Young Italian-Australians: A Shift in Attitude and Perception

Italians in Australia

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