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# 70 • OCTOBER 19 , 2015
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THE ITALIAN WAY:
Addressing the Italian
Stereotypes, Myth 12
Mamma’s BoyS
By Elda Buonanno Foley, PhD
I have been thinking
of writing about this
theme for quite some
time and I have always
postponed it: reason
being that this is one
of those Italian stereotypes that, even if it
has changed in the
past few decades, it
still seems to be very
much alive in the Italian community. There
is no doubt that when
thinking of the typical
Italian men, foreigners
tend to brand “them”
as elegant, charming,
a bit macho but very
closely linked with their
mothers.
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