The Italian Heritage

The Italian Heritage

The Italian Heritage
Samantha Harris
March 13, 2008













Table of Contents

Contents Pages

Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………..3-4
Immigration of the Italians………………………………………………………………………...5
Socialization Process...………………………………………………………………………….6-7
Rites of Passage…………………………………………………………………………………7-8
Mating selection and Marriage………………………………………………………………….8-9
Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………9

















The Italian Heritage
The culture I have chosen is the Italian culture. This culture is interesting to me because my grandmother was full Italian and my dad is mixed with Italian and African American. I have chosen this culture because I would like to learn more about my heritage. I honestly feel embarrassed to say it but I don’t know much about the culture, so this will definitely inform me about myself. I have chosen to do this culture because I know that there was a great migration that went on with the Italians coming to America. I have interviewed an informant which happens to be my eldest uncle. I chose my Uncle Walter because he was the closest to my grandmother. I figured he would know more than anyone else I knew. I don’t know any other Italians that could be interviewed.
In my paper I will be touching the first issue of focusing on the social socialization process of the Italians played in society. I chose to study this point because I didn’t know what the Italians’ social stratification was in our society after migrating to America. Unfortunately, I was unable o gather that information because my informant didn’t know this information. However, I was able to gather information about how my grandmother perceived it when my informant was being raised by an Italian American. I had a lot of questions answered that I have had over the years in the back...

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