“Guido” Culture: The Destabilization of Italian-American Identity on Jersey Shore
S Troyani - California Italian Studies, 2013 - escholarship.org
In this article, I explore the stereotypical representation of Italian-American identity on the
MTV Networks reality television series Jersey Shore. Leaders of Italian-American
organizations have voiced strong opposition to the show over concerns that the “guido” and
“guidette” subculture it depicts will become synonymous, for viewers, with Italian-American
identity at large. Drawing on feminist theories about gender performance as well as Italian
cultural and media studies, I argue that the admittedly pejorative portrayal of Italian …
MTV Networks reality television series Jersey Shore. Leaders of Italian-American
organizations have voiced strong opposition to the show over concerns that the “guido” and
“guidette” subculture it depicts will become synonymous, for viewers, with Italian-American
identity at large. Drawing on feminist theories about gender performance as well as Italian
cultural and media studies, I argue that the admittedly pejorative portrayal of Italian …
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Author Bio: Sara Troyani is a doctoral candidate in Literature and Italian at the University of
Notre Dame. Her research interests include travel and migration literature, Italian-American
and Italian-Latin American studies, and Italian cinema. She is writing a dissertation that
explores representations of Latin America in Italian emigration literature.
Notre Dame. Her research interests include travel and migration literature, Italian-American
and Italian-Latin American studies, and Italian cinema. She is writing a dissertation that
explores representations of Latin America in Italian emigration literature.