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ITALY Images of “il bel paese”
GEOGRAPHICAL IMAGE
- Founding member of EU
- “Italy” since 1861
HISTORICAL IMAGES
1829
1861
Kingdom of Italy
Fatta l’Italia, bisogna fare gli italiani.“
LINGUISTIC IMAGE
After l’Unità d’Italia only 2.5-10% of Italians could speak standard Italian
CONTEMPORARYIMAGES
STEREOTYPICAL (?) IMAGES
Giovanni Falcone e Paolo Borsellino
Roberto Saviano
MAFIA
FAMILY
2012: 1.42 children per woman
FAMILY IS:
Free counseling centre
Bank
Employment ajency
MAMMA-LOVERS(MAMMONI)
Different education system
High youth unemployment rate
FUGA DI CERVELLIIn 2014 for the first time in years emigration from Italy was higher than immigration to Italy.
RELIGION
Catholics: +60% Practicing Catholics: around 30%
The Vatican City is technically NOT Italy
PASTA, PIZZA, WINE ETC.
Pizza once a week
Pasta consumption has dropped from 40kg to 31kg per family per year in the past decade
Wine vs. “La bella figura”
Italian is the language with the highest number of words related to food
FOOD YOU WON’T FIND ANYWHERE IN ITALY Fettuccine Alfredo Garlic bread Spaghetti with meatballs Pesto on anything which is not pasta Parmesan Chicken carbonara
Italians speak and eat in dialects.“
ITALIANS ARE SEXY
Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren (the Golden Age of Italian cinema)
“Latin lover” myth (yes, it’s a myth, I am sorry)
GESTURES