- Paperback: 64 pages
- Publisher: Oval Books; New Ed edition (1 Mar 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1902825357
- ISBN-13: 978-1902825359
- Product Dimensions: 16.8 x 10.7 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 541,720 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The character, values and foibles of the Italians.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Concise and Informative,
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This review is from: The Xenophobe's Guide to the Italians: The Xenophobe's Guides Series (Xenophobe's Guides) (Paperback)
The Xenophobes guide to the Italians is a concise, humorous and informative look at the Italian people and their way of life. Among the topics that are mentioned are the importance of regional identities, the North/South divide, and the importance of the family in Italian life, as well as many other things.The book uses stereotypes and generalizations to describe the people, so it cannot, and should not, account for all Italians. An example of this is in the section writing about how the rest of the world sees Italy - "The typical stereotype of the Italians is that of a noisy, passionate, scheming Mediterranean people, whose brilliance and inventiveness are unfortunately marred by laziness and unreliability". Another interesting point noted in the book is how the national identity of Italian immigrants is stonger than in other nations, and as a result people such as Robert De Niro, Frank Sinatra, and Diego Maradona are considered to be as much Italian as their newly adopted country.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent summary of a crazy nation,
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This review is from: The Xenophobe's Guide to the Italians: The Xenophobe's Guides Series (Xenophobe's Guides) (Paperback)
Haven't tried any of the other xenophobe's guides yet, but this one really hits the mark - in most amusing fashion - in describing the eccentricities of my Italian girlfriend and her family. Allegria, campanilismo, la mamma: it's all here.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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By serena franchini (Aberdeen, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Xenophobe's Guide to the Italians: The Xenophobe's Guides Series (Xenophobe's Guides) (Paperback)
As an Italian myself I find this book quite funny. The guide is accurate most of the time but tend to refer to stereotypes or to Italians as they were 50 or more years ago! I think this guide needs a little update as do others of the same series I have read (English and French.
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