@@HowtoItaly-2004 Vorrei capire l'influenza che ha avuto sulla comunità italoamericane la TV . Gli anni 70 e 80 di Don Rickles con tutta l'allegra compagnia di italoamericani , afroamericani , irlandesi ... capeggiata da Frank Sinatra che ti rendeva orgoglioso . A mio avviso in quel periodo , non c'erano differenze sostanziali culturali e sociali tra noi e loro . Poi qualcosa si è rotto ( fortunatamente ) : Eddie Murphy in Raw mette a nudo i difetti italiani e il comportamento mafioso per quello che è : ignorante , maschilista e rissoso . Per me è stato un terremoto e ha influenzato molto a livello personale gli italoamericani . Il papà di Danielle come ha visuto quel 1987 ? Danielle che reazione ha su ciò che eravamo ( nel bene e nel male ) ? Anche i Soprano ( purtroppo ) e Molly's Game ( magnifico ) come lo percepiscono ?
Thank you, Professore Luca. When I studied Italian in high school the teacher mentioned that what we were learning was “proper Italian”. I was not aware that this language was so young. Overall, I learned so much about Italy in this video. Grazie. ❤🇮🇹
I, just since 2013, have learned about my Italian heritage. I was able to get my Italian citizenship recognized in February 2018. We retired in Italy that same year and love it. I wanted to comment on the Food segment. I think another reason that Italian food in Italy tastes better is also the way it is cooked and the ingredients used. Most, if not all, of the ingredients in food in Italy are fresh, made daily. Not frozen. We eat much more healthy here than in the US. I am enjoying your videos very much!
I mean, when I was in New York I could find amazing italian fresh ingredients in places such as Whole foods or Eataly but the thing is: I NEEDED A MORTGAGE. In Italy you can still eat decent things without spending a fortune. This is one of out strenghts. One of the few left.
#1 is only true if you don't count most of southern Italy (the place over 90% of Italian American's came from). So it is no wonder why American's associate Italians with Catholicism. However, southern Italians and their emmigrant relatives have never been "religious" in the Protestant American sense of the term meaning that we have always been more attached to our traditions and superstitions than the actual meaning behind them and our strong sense of anti-clericalism even shocked our fellow Irish Catholic immigrants who found it difficult to manage our rituals. We have always been, and by in large continue to be "culturally Catholic" because Catholicism is inextricably linked to our identity not as a "religion" but as a way of life.
This is an AMAZING point that you made. Really amazing. Incredibly insightful and I agree 100%. Please, subscribe to the channel because I want kind of audience!
Cattolicesimo come modo di vivere è un'asserzione vera. Oltre che una cosa che contribuisce all'ignoranza e al regresso e in quanto si deve abbandonare sùbito.
@@angelodichiara7909da agnostica quale sono le dico che il suo commento è lunare e pieno di pregiudizi. Quando poi si usa il termine'si deve', mmi scatta sempre un campanello d'allarme. Solitamente il 'si deve' è sempre usato da chi tende ad imporre altro,e tendenzialmente non rispetta la libertà di pensiero
I am a Brazilian with some remote Italian roots. I always thought Italians were indeed quite Catholic. I'm surprised that's not the case anymore. Quite interesting. Brazil is ceasing to be a Catholic country but it's replacing it with Evangelical Protestantism, which scares me for our future as they have a lot of extremely conservative views on gender, sexuality and individual rights. I wish we were turning secular like Italy. Thank you for your videos.
Dear Elias, stick around because on Friday 20th around 8pm new york time, I will post a video about the Italian emigration to Brazil that I think you might find interesting. Subscribe and hit the notification button so you do not miss it!
Good for Brasil. I as an Italian wish we were going back to Catholic values of the past instead same as Evangelical Protestantism , go figure. It's because countries are seculazaring that all is going downfall not the other way around.
@@alessandrom7181 Nah. If Christian religiosity had anything to do with prosperity, Brazil would be Switzerland. The downfall of Christian nations is due to late-stage capitalism, neoliberalism, capture of government by corporations, environmental degradation, privatizations, destruction of safety net programs for the workers, and deindustrialization, NOT the removal of Bronze Age, nonsensical, sexually repressive fairy tales from governance. Next thing you'll be saying that society is declining because we are teaching that Earth revolves around the sun, contradicting your precious geocentric Bible.
@@alessandrom7181 That is happening thanks to the US right who have NEVER considered Catholicism to be "Christian" so they have made it their mission to introduce our watered down, Walmart brand of Christianity to you for the first time all while laundering money through the tax exempt status the US gives anything that calls itself a "religion".
Oh another thing once I heard some Canadians complain that the pasta was too “heavy” in Italy, i was surprised because the sauces are light but I think what they probably meant was that it was less mushy and more al dente. Whereas often in North America it’s cooked longer and becomes a more mushy dish together with the more liquid sauce.
What is catholicism? Universality. Prof.Luca, thank you for this video. I’m Italian Australian, and I find it interesting how Catholicism around the world differs from the “ stereotype” in Italy. Poles, Philipinos, Irish, Anglo Saxon, etc. all have their own way of expressing their faith. Furthermore, Maronite Catholics from Lebanon express theirs differently again; same with Asiatic Catholics. The latter means universal, so it’s “ horses for courses” as they say in the classics. I believe what matters most is how we treat one another as human beings. To me that is true Catholicism😊 cheers, ciao, aufwiedersen, adieu, hasty La vista, hooroo. ❤ and many more.😊
Interesting video. I'm English and have been living in the north of Italy for 10 years now. I'm in a civil union with my Italian partner, and we live in a very quiet part of Lombardy, near the Swiss border, but not too far from Milano. I disagree that the Roman accent is easy to understand, having learnt Italian in Lombardy! Some of the older folk here still speak the Lombardy language, and it's common to use a mixture of dialect and Italian. It's a busy area with tourism (mostly German and Dutch visitors here) and many of the working age population cross the border daily to work in Switzerland, so it's quite wealthy too. Families tend to be small, one or two children being the norm as usually both parents work. The food, as you say, is still very regional with typical local dishes being popular (polenta!) though the influence of cosmopolitan Milano is spreading with places like McDonald's opening up locally. I think American visitors would find this area very far from the stereotype Italy they may be expecting to find, though the lake and Alpine scenery is absolutely beautiful.
Regarding Italian birth rates vs the US ones. Every baby being born in the US is automatically an American citizen. Babies being born in Italy to non Italian parents have to wait until they turn 18 before they can apply for the Italian citizenship. What I've also noticed interacting with English speaking people on Facebook, is that they believe we're all brown eyed, brown or black haired people with what you might call olive skin. In reality there are also blondes, redheads, green or blue eyed people as well as fair skinned people. Many men/women have been going to tanning salons for many years and will continue to do so for many years more. An other myth is that we're all thin and walk everywhere. There are many overweight to morbidly obese people, not as many as in the US, but they're there. A shop where I live has been selling only plus sized women's clothes for the past forty years. As for the second point, not everyone likes walking. Many rely on their mopeds, bicycles (normal and electric), cars and recently also on their electric scooters
@@angelodichiara7909 Lo 0,000% qualcosa non credo, considerando che mi capita di vedere gente che rientra in quella categoria, ci sono negozi che hanno taglie fino alla 60 e che anni fa avevano girato la versione italiana della serie tv Vite al limite con un cast interamente italiano. Non abbiamo le stesse percentuali degli Stati Uniti, ma quelle persone esistono
As an Italian living in Milan , my mother-in-law aged 88 is the only one I know who goes to church. Anyone else doesn't, no matter their age or education .
Good video. And as an Italian American living in Rome, I think you're right. Ironically, I found people in Umbria (where my family immigrated from) to be surprisingly more religious than people living in Rome, right next door to the Vatican.
Just hearing about your channel via NYTN. Fascinating topics. My maternal GGparents came over from the Basilicata region which hardly anyone else seems to know about except Francis Ford Coppola. I’m interested to learn more about the history and culture.
One thing Italians in Italy get wrong is that here in the US they think that we are all the same. Just like your regions are different from each other our states are all different from each other especially the people and the food. I am of Sicilian descent born in the US and we NEVER ever saw or had spaghetti with meatballs. I cannot even look at it and disgusts me. We eat meatballs and we eat spaghetti but not together! Ewwww You will see this combination in other states though. Our pasta dishes were very light. Thank you great video!
This is a great video. I just came back from Italy on a vacation with family and yes we live in the US. I’m planning to retire next year and I am looking for a school believe it or not to study Italian in Italy. Can you recommend school or institute, for an older person to study the Italian language, if so, please provide the name and the city. I am a Spanish speaker and when I was in Italy, at least in Livorno, I was able to speak Spanish and for the most part, people understood me. I think it fascinating that the language is so different in various parts of the country. Thanks
Auguri Luca, progetto bellissimo. Non so se conosci questo articolo del Prof. Frank Barron un mio caro amico... Barron, F., & Young, H. B. (1970). Rome and Boston: A tale of two cities and their difference on the creativity and personal philosophy of Southern Italian immigrants. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1(2), 91-114.
I read once that one reason that Italian American pasta sauce is so tomatoey is because in the south tomatoes grew more plentiful where they came from. Of course maybe Italian Americans changed the recipe of the ragu as well not just that it’s more tomatoes . Was watching the video with your friend Daniela and her brother and he talks about helping make loads of strained tomato sauce (passata) in the southern village . It was quite something .
France cheats on numbers and Spain is mostly young Brits that go there to have cheap fun and beer. Italy has always had cultural tourism and so less people but more distinct and rich.
@@HowtoItaly-2004 Since Europeans travel far more frequently than Americans do, I wonder if those higher numbers in Spain and France strictly have to do with geography and economics? I would imagine it is simply less expensive and more time efficient for the Nordic countries to go to France and Spain due to their proximity to each other, not that they feel they will have a better experience elsewhere than Italy.
Professor thank you so much for this!! I'm curious, when your colleagues at Italian universities who are sociologists look at the low birthrate issue, what do they see? What do they attribute this to? What solutions have politicians advanced (if any...)?
Pasta all'Alfredo was invented in Italy in Rome. The only ingredients are pasta, butter and parmigiano. The Italian American version comprehends a lot of other stuff, hence Pasta Alfredo has nothing of Italian cuisine
Pasta Alfredo reminds to what we italians call Pasta in bianco o al burro (just butter) with some parmigiano on it. On my opinion the name Alfredo could had been invented in Rome for a better presentation to all the Hollywood stars often in Rome in those great Years.
As an Italian-American (from 1917 emigrati) about to visit Italy for the first time (Puglia-Basilicata-Campania), you gave me hope at tasting some new regional food that isn’t like what we have here… It would be interesting to map out where each of the Italian-American foods originated from: piccata, Marsala, francese, cacciatore, alfredo, “shrimp scampi”, manicotti, etc.
My father ( b 1907) had at least 42 cousins - he wasn't Italian or Catholic but a Scots presbyterian.Admittedly a lot were half cousins because his grandfather married twice with 7 children to each wife ( 1st wife died aged 34 ).
tutti gli stati preunitari avevano l'italiano come lingua ufficiale. Ovviamente mano a mano che l'alfabetizzazione progrediva, gli italiani diventavano bilingue, usando il dialetto a casa e con gli amici e l'italiano nelle occasioni formali. Poi c'è il fatto che l'uso dell'italiano come lingua parlata da tutti è relativamente recente, ma la capacità di comprendere l'italiano è ampia e di antica data. Già nell'800 si notava che gli italiani pur non sapendo parlare l'italiano, lo comprendevano abbastanza bene. Il merito è nei giornali, scritti sempre in italiano da secoli, nelle prediche dei preti in chiesa, fatte sempre in italiano, e nelle occasioni formali di lavoro, politica, diplomazia, arte e letteratura che sempre facevano uso dell'italiano. Insomma quello che tu dici che tua madre non comprenderebbe un napoletano è falso. Sia il napoletano, sia tua madre, parlando quel poco di italiano che eventualmente conoscono, potrebbero comunicare agevolmente. Come spieghi che nella prima guerra mondiale sono stati arruolati 6 milioni di cittadini che formavano reparti in cui erano mischiate fra di loro tutte le regioni italiane, si comprendevano fra di loro e mai hanno avuto problemi a capire un ordine ricevuto? insomma lo straniero che segue il tuo video potrebbe avere l'impressione di una nazione che sta insieme per sbaglio. E questo non è vero. L'Italia tra l'altro è molto più omogenea di quanto tu pensi sotto molti aspetti. Lo dimostra il fatto anche, che fatti come l'uscita della Scozia dalla Gran Bretagna o della Catalogna dalla Spagna, da noi, nonostante anni e anni di propaganda leghista, sarebbero impensabili. Propaganda fra l'altro ampiamente finanziata dall'estero. Comunque, va bene, ciao e buone cose.
Italian Americans will tell you that this is true because we all remember our parents and grandparents living in Italian neighborhoods but not being able to speak to or understand very well other Italian emigrants who lived there because they were not from their same "paese". For example, when our grandparents constantly spoke about their "paese", not only did they mean Calabria, but they meant the specific village they came from. Never did they mean"Italy" as a unified country they identified with.
bravo, anch'io non ne posso più di sentir dire che siamo rilassati, mangioni e sempre al bar. io sono romagnola e la cucina cerco di usarla il meno possibile, sono atea , gli spaghetti li mangerò una volta all'anno e se vado in vacanza vado in paesi freddi di cui non capisco la lingua, gli stereotipi sono duri a morire, come i pentoloni di sugo di pomodoro o i maledetti "Ziti" che non ho mai visto. e non ho nessun parente italoamericano.
Scusa, ma che "italian professor" sei, se non conosci gli ziti e gli spaghetti con le polpette? Meta' della mia famiglia e' calabrese (ma io vivo e son nato ad Asti) e mia madre e mia nonna fanno la pasta con le polpette, sia di carne, che di melanzane, e che buone che sono!!! Altro che storie...
@@HowtoItaly-2004 no, il video l'ho visto, ma hai detto che in Italia nessuno mangia la pasta con le polpette... Ma non e' vero!!! Magari non le serviranno al ristorante di Cracco ma la gente le cucina, specie nonne e mamme del sud
Well done! I only disagree about general historical knowledge. Maybe we ignore what temple in Rome was built by Emperor Caracalla ( since ancient Roman history is long, complex and we study it in the early years of high school ) but we certainly study history in schools, I mean, we know at least the basics of a lot of Italian and European history such as Rinascimento, Baroque ect ect
@@HowtoItaly-2004 Io sono dell' agrigentino ma ,per quello che so , è una pietanza tipica anche nel Palermitano ed in alcune parti del Catanese . Quello che dovrebbe variare a seconda della zona sono le dimensioni ed il tipo di carne/pesce con cui sono fatte.
@@HowtoItaly-2004 Si. Pasta col sugo , cipolla , carota + spezie e polpette , le dimensioni delle polpette variano da zona a zona . Nelle zone di mare si trova anche la variante con le polpette di pesce.
ci sono cose cmq in cui non sono d'accordo, per esempio la lingua che comunque il 70% dei dialetti discende dalla stessa lingua, la lingua italo-dalmata o anche per il fatto che soprattutto nel rinascimento si comincio ad usare sempre di più l'Italiano(fiorentino) come lingua nobile o anche che anche se prima non eravamo uno stato eravamo comunque chiamati italiani dagli altri popoli .
@@HowtoItaly-2004 per esempio che comunque anche se abbiamo tanti dialetti abbiamo comunque una radice comune che ci accomuna per poi per poi passare al fatto che dal 1500 l'italiano come lingua era ufficiale in tanti stati
L'Italia fallirà fin quando saranno gli italiani a governarla. Smettiamo di lasciar governare l'Italia agli italiani e allora sì che l'Italia tornerà a prosperare effettivamente.
Ciao, sono un nuovo iscritto. Complimenti per il canale, molto interessante, topics ganzi e presentati bene. Auguri per lo sviluppo e la crescita della community! 😊
I will never get tired of learning about this
thank you so much Danielle!
@@HowtoItaly-2004 Vorrei capire l'influenza che ha avuto sulla comunità italoamericane la TV . Gli anni 70 e 80 di Don Rickles con tutta l'allegra compagnia di italoamericani , afroamericani , irlandesi ... capeggiata da Frank Sinatra che ti rendeva orgoglioso . A mio avviso in quel periodo , non c'erano differenze sostanziali culturali e sociali tra noi e loro . Poi qualcosa si è rotto ( fortunatamente ) : Eddie Murphy in Raw mette a nudo i difetti italiani e il comportamento mafioso per quello che è : ignorante , maschilista e rissoso . Per me è stato un terremoto e ha influenzato molto a livello personale gli italoamericani . Il papà di Danielle come ha visuto quel 1987 ? Danielle che reazione ha su ciò che eravamo ( nel bene e nel male ) ? Anche i Soprano ( purtroppo ) e Molly's Game ( magnifico ) come lo percepiscono ?
Thank you, Professore Luca. When I studied Italian in high school the teacher mentioned that what we were learning was “proper Italian”. I was not aware that this language was so young.
Overall, I learned so much about Italy in this video. Grazie. ❤🇮🇹
Thank you so much for following me!
Spoken language; we could date it from 1954: the (official) birth of TV. Italian public TV, RAI.
ETA: Nation-wide spread, to be (really) accurate.
I, just since 2013, have learned about my Italian heritage. I was able to get my Italian citizenship recognized in February 2018. We retired in Italy that same year and love it. I wanted to comment on the Food segment. I think another reason that Italian food in Italy tastes better is also the way it is cooked and the ingredients used. Most, if not all, of the ingredients in food in Italy are fresh, made daily. Not frozen. We eat much more healthy here than in the US. I am enjoying your videos very much!
I mean, when I was in New York I could find amazing italian fresh ingredients in places such as Whole foods or Eataly but the thing is: I NEEDED A MORTGAGE.
In Italy you can still eat decent things without spending a fortune. This is one of out strenghts. One of the few left.
Great presentation and helpful knowledge to consider. This helps all in understanding the real Italy. Great job!!
I appreciate this. Thank you! More stuff coming in the future!
This is so insightful! ❤
thank you so much!
#1 is only true if you don't count most of southern Italy (the place over 90% of Italian American's came from). So it is no wonder why American's associate Italians with Catholicism.
However, southern Italians and their emmigrant relatives have never been "religious" in the Protestant American sense of the term meaning that we have always been more attached to our traditions and superstitions than the actual meaning behind them and our strong sense of anti-clericalism even shocked our fellow Irish Catholic immigrants who found it difficult to manage our rituals.
We have always been, and by in large continue to be "culturally Catholic" because Catholicism is inextricably linked to our identity not as a "religion" but as a way of life.
This is an AMAZING point that you made. Really amazing. Incredibly insightful and I agree 100%. Please, subscribe to the channel because I want kind of audience!
@@HowtoItaly-2004
Gladly 👍
Cattolicesimo come modo di vivere è un'asserzione vera. Oltre che una cosa che contribuisce all'ignoranza e al regresso e in quanto si deve abbandonare sùbito.
@@angelodichiara7909da agnostica quale sono le dico che il suo commento è lunare e pieno di pregiudizi.
Quando poi si usa il termine'si deve', mmi scatta sempre un campanello d'allarme.
Solitamente il 'si deve' è sempre usato da chi tende ad imporre altro,e tendenzialmente non rispetta la libertà di pensiero
Very interesting!!
thank you so much
I am a Brazilian with some remote Italian roots. I always thought Italians were indeed quite Catholic. I'm surprised that's not the case anymore. Quite interesting. Brazil is ceasing to be a Catholic country but it's replacing it with Evangelical Protestantism, which scares me for our future as they have a lot of extremely conservative views on gender, sexuality and individual rights. I wish we were turning secular like Italy. Thank you for your videos.
Dear Elias, stick around because on Friday 20th around 8pm new york time, I will post a video about the Italian emigration to Brazil that I think you might find interesting. Subscribe and hit the notification button so you do not miss it!
Good for Brasil. I as an Italian wish we were going back to Catholic values of the past instead same as Evangelical Protestantism , go figure. It's because countries are seculazaring that all is going downfall not the other way around.
@@HowtoItaly-2004 Thank you!
@@alessandrom7181 Nah. If Christian religiosity had anything to do with prosperity, Brazil would be Switzerland. The downfall of Christian nations is due to late-stage capitalism, neoliberalism, capture of government by corporations, environmental degradation, privatizations, destruction of safety net programs for the workers, and deindustrialization, NOT the removal of Bronze Age, nonsensical, sexually repressive fairy tales from governance. Next thing you'll be saying that society is declining because we are teaching that Earth revolves around the sun, contradicting your precious geocentric Bible.
@@alessandrom7181
That is happening thanks to the US right who have NEVER considered Catholicism to be "Christian" so they have made it their mission to introduce our watered down, Walmart brand of Christianity to you for the first time all while laundering money through the tax exempt status the US gives anything that calls itself a "religion".
Oh another thing once I heard some Canadians complain that the pasta was too “heavy” in Italy, i was surprised because the sauces are light but I think what they probably meant was that it was less mushy and more al dente. Whereas often in North America it’s cooked longer and becomes a more mushy dish together with the more liquid sauce.
This is exactly the point. We love Al dente. North americans trasform pasta into a soup
Would love to hear more cultural history from you, and also how the history contributes to Italy's current cultural and political situation.
I will do my best to provide.
@@HowtoItaly-2004 grazie mille, your discussion of Italian culture is very fresh compared to other TH-camrs and I personally love history
NYTN sent me here.
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Thank you for trusting Danielle and, hopefully, me!
What is catholicism? Universality. Prof.Luca, thank you for this video.
I’m Italian Australian, and I find it interesting how Catholicism around the world differs from the “ stereotype” in Italy.
Poles, Philipinos, Irish, Anglo Saxon, etc. all have their own way of expressing their faith. Furthermore, Maronite Catholics from Lebanon express theirs differently again; same with Asiatic Catholics. The latter means universal, so it’s “ horses for courses” as they say in the classics.
I believe what matters most is how we treat one another as human beings. To me that is true Catholicism😊 cheers, ciao, aufwiedersen, adieu, hasty La vista, hooroo. ❤ and many more.😊
Thank you for the beautiful comment!
Interesting video. I'm English and have been living in the north of Italy for 10 years now. I'm in a civil union with my Italian partner, and we live in a very quiet part of Lombardy, near the Swiss border, but not too far from Milano. I disagree that the Roman accent is easy to understand, having learnt Italian in Lombardy! Some of the older folk here still speak the Lombardy language, and it's common to use a mixture of dialect and Italian. It's a busy area with tourism (mostly German and Dutch visitors here) and many of the working age population cross the border daily to work in Switzerland, so it's quite wealthy too. Families tend to be small, one or two children being the norm as usually both parents work. The food, as you say, is still very regional with typical local dishes being popular (polenta!) though the influence of cosmopolitan Milano is spreading with places like McDonald's opening up locally. I think American visitors would find this area very far from the stereotype Italy they may be expecting to find, though the lake and Alpine scenery is absolutely beautiful.
Thank you for sharing your amazing experience.
Regarding Italian birth rates vs the US ones. Every baby being born in the US is automatically an American citizen. Babies being born in Italy to non Italian parents have to wait until they turn 18 before they can apply for the Italian citizenship. What I've also noticed interacting with English speaking people on Facebook, is that they believe we're all brown eyed, brown or black haired people with what you might call olive skin. In reality there are also blondes, redheads, green or blue eyed people as well as fair skinned people. Many men/women have been going to tanning salons for many years and will continue to do so for many years more. An other myth is that we're all thin and walk everywhere. There are many overweight to morbidly obese people, not as many as in the US, but they're there. A shop where I live has been selling only plus sized women's clothes for the past forty years. As for the second point, not everyone likes walking. Many rely on their mopeds, bicycles (normal and electric), cars and recently also on their electric scooters
Very nice comment. I totally agree with you.
Obesi in Italia? Sì, ce ne sono. Tipo lo 0,000qualcosa %.
@@angelodichiara7909 Lo 0,000% qualcosa non credo, considerando che mi capita di vedere gente che rientra in quella categoria, ci sono negozi che hanno taglie fino alla 60 e che anni fa avevano girato la versione italiana della serie tv Vite al limite con un cast interamente italiano. Non abbiamo le stesse percentuali degli Stati Uniti, ma quelle persone esistono
@@chiaramazza5523 Sicuramente sarà sempre un'esigua minoranza.
As an Italian living in Milan , my mother-in-law aged 88 is the only one I know who goes to church. Anyone else doesn't, no matter their age or education .
That is absolutely right. Churches are empty in Milan
My cousins in Napoli never marry in church for a generation even our funerals are secular and cremation is becoming popular
Great point. People think Naples is the most religious city in Italy. It is not anymore!!!only some catholic traditions, festivals etc.
Like "L'amica Geniale". 💓
Good video. And as an Italian American living in Rome, I think you're right. Ironically, I found people in Umbria (where my family immigrated from) to be surprisingly more religious than people living in Rome, right next door to the Vatican.
Absolutely. In small villages you can still find particularly religious people.
because romans know the vatican better, so they have more reasons to give it a wiiiiiide berth 😂😂
Just hearing about your channel via NYTN. Fascinating topics. My maternal GGparents came over from the Basilicata region which hardly anyone else seems to know about except Francis Ford Coppola. I’m interested to learn more about the history and culture.
Infact in Italy, as a way of saying, we always say: "Basilicata does not exist". It is one of the Italian regions that is depopulating the fastest
@@HowtoItaly-2004 Quello è il Molise.
@Liaros_ anche!😊
@@HowtoItaly-2004 and "Molisn't". A neologism, literally.
Bravissimo!
grazie!
Very helpful and well presented information, thank you. Subscribed!
Thank you so much!
One thing Italians in Italy get wrong is that here in the US they think that we are all the same. Just like your regions are different from each other our states are all different from each other especially the people and the food. I am of Sicilian descent born in the US and we NEVER ever saw or had spaghetti with meatballs. I cannot even look at it and disgusts me. We eat meatballs and we eat spaghetti but not together! Ewwww You will see this combination in other states though. Our pasta dishes were very light. Thank you great video!
You made many great points!
This is a great video. I just came back from Italy on a vacation with family and yes we live in the US. I’m planning to retire next year and I am looking for a school believe it or not to study Italian in Italy. Can you recommend school or institute, for an older person to study the Italian language, if so, please provide the name and the city. I am a Spanish speaker and when I was in Italy, at least in Livorno, I was able to speak Spanish and for the most part, people understood me. I think it fascinating that the language is so different in various parts of the country. Thanks
Thank you for your comment. The only one I know, but I have never been therer, is the CULTURA ITALIANA institute in Bologna.
Molto interessante!!
grazie mille!
Auguri Luca, progetto bellissimo. Non so se conosci questo articolo del Prof. Frank Barron un mio caro amico... Barron, F., & Young, H. B. (1970). Rome and Boston: A tale of two cities and their difference on the creativity and personal philosophy of Southern Italian immigrants. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1(2), 91-114.
No, non lo conoscevo e lo guarderò subito. Grazie infinite! Interessantissimo!
molto interessante ,ma se posso : occhio ai sottotitoli
Hai ragione.
Hello. It would be a good idea for you to get a microphone for your videos. The audio would greatly benefit from it.
You are absolutely right. I did change the MIC since then and in the other videos the situation has improved a lot.
I read once that one reason that Italian American pasta sauce is so tomatoey is because in the south tomatoes grew more plentiful where they came from. Of course maybe Italian Americans changed the recipe of the ragu as well not just that it’s more tomatoes .
Was watching the video with your friend Daniela and her brother and he talks about helping make loads of strained tomato sauce (passata) in the southern village . It was quite something .
Nice experiende
Prof. Coniglio saying that Italy is behind France and Spain when it comes to total number of tourists surprised me.
It is suprising and also disappointing in my opinion, but it true and by a landslide.
France cheats on numbers and Spain is mostly young Brits that go there to have cheap fun and beer. Italy has always had cultural tourism and so less people but more distinct and rich.
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Since Europeans travel far more frequently than Americans do, I wonder if those higher numbers in Spain and France strictly have to do with geography and economics? I would imagine it is simply less expensive and more time efficient for the Nordic countries to go to France and Spain due to their proximity to each other, not that they feel they will have a better experience elsewhere than Italy.
A lot of it has to do with language. They are several Spanish speaking countries with ties to Spain. That plays a large role
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Oh that's something I never even consiered before but of course makes a lot of sense!
Professor thank you so much for this!! I'm curious, when your colleagues at Italian universities who are sociologists look at the low birthrate issue, what do they see? What do they attribute this to? What solutions have politicians advanced (if any...)?
Dear viewer, this topic is a tragedy, er are screwed. I will cover this topic A LOT in the future
The world is overpopulated so immigration could solve the problem. Only poor countries make 10 children nowadays!
Pasta all'Alfredo was invented in Italy in Rome. The only ingredients are pasta, butter and parmigiano. The Italian American version comprehends a lot of other stuff, hence Pasta Alfredo has nothing of Italian cuisine
Thank you for your comment. Tha is absolutely true. I had naver heard of it before going to the US
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@@HowtoItaly-2004ma in cosa è diversa dalla pasta sl burro? Oltre alla marea di roba che ci buttano in mezzo.
Pasta Alfredo reminds to what we italians call Pasta in bianco o al burro (just butter) with some parmigiano on it. On my opinion the name Alfredo could had been invented in Rome for a better presentation to all the Hollywood stars often in Rome in those great Years.
@@diegotesser allora Alfredo cos'ha inventato?
As an Italian-American (from 1917 emigrati) about to visit Italy for the first time (Puglia-Basilicata-Campania), you gave me hope at tasting some new regional food that isn’t like what we have here… It would be interesting to map out where each of the Italian-American foods originated from: piccata, Marsala, francese, cacciatore, alfredo, “shrimp scampi”, manicotti, etc.
You will find a lot of stuff related to food on this channel!
Good video. Your english is not bad either. Some minor mistakes here and there (mostly regarding prepositions) but overall very understandable.
Thank you. I am doing my best
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Immensi, un abbraccio grandissimo!
My father ( b 1907) had at least 42 cousins - he wasn't Italian or Catholic but a Scots presbyterian.Admittedly a lot were half cousins because his grandfather married twice with 7 children to each wife ( 1st wife died aged 34 ).
Thank’s for sharing on the channel!
@@HowtoItaly-2004 I have no children and only 5 nieces and nephews so the world has changed. No sign of the next generation having kids yet either.
@@auldfouter8661 the sad reality
tutti gli stati preunitari avevano l'italiano come lingua ufficiale. Ovviamente mano a mano che l'alfabetizzazione progrediva, gli italiani diventavano bilingue, usando il dialetto a casa e con gli amici e l'italiano nelle occasioni formali. Poi c'è il fatto che l'uso dell'italiano come lingua parlata da tutti è relativamente recente, ma la capacità di comprendere l'italiano è ampia e di antica data. Già nell'800 si notava che gli italiani pur non sapendo parlare l'italiano, lo comprendevano abbastanza bene. Il merito è nei giornali, scritti sempre in italiano da secoli, nelle prediche dei preti in chiesa, fatte sempre in italiano, e nelle occasioni formali di lavoro, politica, diplomazia, arte e letteratura che sempre facevano uso dell'italiano. Insomma quello che tu dici che tua madre non comprenderebbe un napoletano è falso. Sia il napoletano, sia tua madre, parlando quel poco di italiano che eventualmente conoscono, potrebbero comunicare agevolmente. Come spieghi che nella prima guerra mondiale sono stati arruolati 6 milioni di cittadini che formavano reparti in cui erano mischiate fra di loro tutte le regioni italiane, si comprendevano fra di loro e mai hanno avuto problemi a capire un ordine ricevuto? insomma lo straniero che segue il tuo video potrebbe avere l'impressione di una nazione che sta insieme per sbaglio. E questo non è vero. L'Italia tra l'altro è molto più omogenea di quanto tu pensi sotto molti aspetti. Lo dimostra il fatto anche, che fatti come l'uscita della Scozia dalla Gran Bretagna o della Catalogna dalla Spagna, da noi, nonostante anni e anni di propaganda leghista, sarebbero impensabili. Propaganda fra l'altro ampiamente finanziata dall'estero. Comunque, va bene, ciao e buone cose.
Italian Americans will tell you that this is true because we all remember our parents and grandparents living in Italian neighborhoods but not being able to speak to or understand very well other Italian emigrants who lived there because they were not from their same "paese".
For example, when our grandparents constantly spoke about their "paese", not only did they mean Calabria, but they meant the specific village they came from. Never did they mean"Italy" as a unified country they identified with.
Sono totalmente d’accordo con te. Non siamo insieme per sbaglio neanche per nulla e un’italianità esiste da secoli, se non millenni.
si, in Veneto siamo tutti cattolici e profondamente religiosi
Vero e anche specialisti in bestemmie😂
Nemmeno i miei nonni andavano a messa, e abitavano davanti ad una chiesa qui in Veneto.
Eravamo. I tempi sono cambiati, eccome.
bravo, anch'io non ne posso più di sentir dire che siamo rilassati, mangioni e sempre al bar. io sono romagnola e la cucina cerco di usarla il meno possibile, sono atea , gli spaghetti li mangerò una volta all'anno e se vado in vacanza vado in paesi freddi di cui non capisco la lingua, gli stereotipi sono duri a morire, come i pentoloni di sugo di pomodoro o i maledetti "Ziti" che non ho mai visto. e non ho nessun parente italoamericano.
Forse sei andata un pò oltre rispetto a quello che volevo dire io😂😂
Did Italy ever have "nation wide" popular dishes before Mussolini though?
No, it did not
In mezza Italia il "piatto nazionale" cent 'anni fa era la polenta.
Scusa, ma che "italian professor" sei, se non conosci gli ziti e gli spaghetti con le polpette? Meta' della mia famiglia e' calabrese (ma io vivo e son nato ad Asti) e mia madre e mia nonna fanno la pasta con le polpette, sia di carne, che di melanzane, e che buone che sono!!! Altro che storie...
Se hai visto il video, sai che io ho detto che sono parte della cucina regionale italiana e che normalmente non sono diffusi a livello nazionale.
@@HowtoItaly-2004 no, il video l'ho visto, ma hai detto che in Italia nessuno mangia la pasta con le polpette... Ma non e' vero!!! Magari non le serviranno al ristorante di Cracco ma la gente le cucina, specie nonne e mamme del sud
Well done! I only disagree about general historical knowledge. Maybe we ignore what temple in Rome was built by Emperor Caracalla ( since ancient Roman history is long, complex and we study it in the early years of high school ) but we certainly study history in schools, I mean, we know at least the basics of a lot of Italian and European history such as Rinascimento, Baroque ect ect
E li ci fermiamo...arriviamo al rinascimento. Poi il buio.
Ayayayay... Eat Pray Love is terrible as a book *and* a movie.
It is!
....Ok Dude! So tell me about "Under the Tuscan Sun" movie 🤣🤣🤣
Gli spaghetti con le polpette al sugo sono tipiche della Sicilia .
@@locusta4662 ma dai? In che zona? In 30 estati siciliane non lo ho mai mangiati?
@@HowtoItaly-2004 Io sono dell' agrigentino ma ,per quello che so , è una pietanza tipica anche nel Palermitano ed in alcune parti del Catanese . Quello che dovrebbe variare a seconda della zona sono le dimensioni ed il tipo di carne/pesce con cui sono fatte.
@@locusta4662 ma polpette grosse all’americana? Insieme agli spaghetti?
@@HowtoItaly-2004 Si. Pasta col sugo , cipolla , carota + spezie e polpette , le dimensioni delle polpette variano da zona a zona . Nelle zone di mare si trova anche la variante con le polpette di pesce.
@@HowtoItaly-2004 Spesso capita anche di trovare pasta sugo e salsiccia o pasta sugo e maiale .
ci sono cose cmq in cui non sono d'accordo, per esempio la lingua che comunque il 70% dei dialetti discende dalla stessa lingua, la lingua italo-dalmata o anche per il fatto che soprattutto nel rinascimento si comincio ad usare sempre di più l'Italiano(fiorentino) come lingua nobile o anche che anche se prima non eravamo uno stato eravamo comunque chiamati italiani dagli altri popoli .
Ciao e quindi su cosa non sei d’accordo? Cosa ho detto di diverso?
@@HowtoItaly-2004 per esempio che comunque anche se abbiamo tanti dialetti abbiamo comunque una radice comune che ci accomuna per poi per poi passare al fatto che dal 1500 l'italiano come lingua era ufficiale in tanti stati
Italy has fallen.
Not yet, but soon
Says who?? You? Germany is falling far earlier than Italy.
@@alessandrom7181 it's not a competition brother
Not as far as the US has.
L'Italia fallirà fin quando saranno gli italiani a governarla. Smettiamo di lasciar governare l'Italia agli italiani e allora sì che l'Italia tornerà a prosperare effettivamente.
I came to this video from @nytn who has a great channel herself. I find these subjects really interesting and look forward to the other videos.
Thank you so much Robert. I hope you will find the other stuff coming istersting as well!
Ciao, sono un nuovo iscritto. Complimenti per il canale, molto interessante, topics ganzi e presentati bene. Auguri per lo sviluppo e la crescita della community! 😊
@@tizioincognito5731 ti ringrazio moltissimo!
It's tema, not topic