Changing Landscapes: Bathtub Madonnas in an Italian-American Community in Transition

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  • Regina Marchi Rutgers University

Parole chiave:

Italo-American Identity, Madonna Yard Statues, Vernacular Media, Immigration Globalization, Nostalgia

Abstract

Focusing on the material culture of Madonna yard statues erected by Italian Americans in the early and mid 20th century in Boston, Massachusetts, this article examines the social history, geographical translations and evolving meanings of these vernacular media within changing cultural and socio-economic contexts of modernity and globalization.


Paesaggi che cambiano: statue di Madonne nei giardini di una comunità italo-americana in transizione
Focalizzato sull’espressione culturale rappresentata dalle statue di Madonne erette da italoamericani nei loro giardini dall’inizio alla metà del XX secolo a Boston, Massachusetts, il saggio prende in esame la storia sociale, le traduzioni geografiche e l’evoluzione che tali
media vernacolari rappresentano all’interno dei mutamenti culturali e socio-economici nel contesto della modernità e della globalizzazione.

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07.05.2021

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Marchi, R. (2021). Changing Landscapes: Bathtub Madonnas in an Italian-American Community in Transition. Oltreoceano - Rivista Sulle Migrazioni, (15), 133–142. Recuperato da https://riviste.lineaedizioni.it/index.php/oltreoceano/article/view/61