Christy Chandra Professor Sole Anatrone Italian Studies 170 Viewing Log – Nuovomondo (The Golden Door) Title: Nuovomondo (The Golden Door) (2007) Director: Emanuele Crialese Date: 21 October 2015 The Golden Door reminds me of neorealism movies like La Dolce Vita and Bicycle Thief. Even though the movie was invented and released decades after World War II (one essential element for neorealism genre), The Golden Door embraces the idea of telling struggles of the early Italian immigrants. Through hardships while sailing with a ship full of people with wishful thinking of getting a better source of labor and foods (most of them, particularly the main character, being hypnotized with a “false” hope that the New World (America) is a place that cultivates giant agricultural
Nationalism is the act of being loyal and prideful to your country. Prior to and during World War I, European countries were trying to take over China. The Chinese people felt
Rome is the capital city of Italy and was founded in 753 BC. Once the Roman Empire broke down (395 AD) the remaining cities became city states and were separate from each other. That all changed in 1861 when Italy became one again. It remained a kingdom until 1946 after the second World War. Italy is the founding member of the European Union (EU) and the
There are still many who consider nationality on the terms of mere physical attributes, cultures, languages, religion and so on. Today is a jumble of pandemonium. And most individuals do not even realize it. Nationality itself is a doubtful entity, for nations are only political boundaries divided by abstract lines that do not really exist. If stripped to its basest, the concept of nations is another variation of the Self and the Other all over again.
Both nationalism and sectionalism share peoples pride but one is on a much larger scale. Love for one’s country can be showed through different ways. For example protecting contracts is one way. For example in the 1819 case of Dartmouth college v. Woodward the court ruled that states could not interfere with private contracts. Supporting the national bank is another example of nationalism.
How Nationalism Shaped Our Wold Nationalism has had an arguably equal effect on the world as war, depression, militarism and other worldly issues have. During both world wars nationalism was a key spark in igniting tensions between Germany and Russia, Austria-Hungary and Serbia, China and the United States, and many other nations and colonies involved in the war. The people and establishments of each country united out of pride and determination to protect their way of life. French-Canadian nationalism has been present for hundreds of years as well, although it wasn’t directly affiliated with a war, events during both wars caused the intensity to surge. The conflict started in the early 1520’s and still has significant presence in Canadian society.
When considering Italy after its formation as nation-state in the late 19th century, it has never been required to change by other countries. However, throughout the entire history Italian territory has faced many invasion and battles which have influenced it. But unfortunately, this country has also been involved in cruel events for the purpose of conquering new lands. Some of the most recent terrible actions done by this country were the conquest of African colonies during the Fascism. Indeed, the purpose of these mission in Africa were to destroy other countries such as Libya and Eritrea in order to provide benefits to Italians.
Although nationalism causes many good things to happen, like the unification of countries, it also causes segregation of people with different cultures. This segregation leads to the persecution of other people. Nationalism causes people to think that one culture is better than another. This idea only ends with detrimental results, one of the most infamous being with Nazi Germany and the persecution and murder of millions of Jews. Nationalism
Genogram: Italian & Polish Culture Personal Review of Chapters When reading the chapters for Polish-American families and Italian-American families, I felt a strong sense of connection to both. Historically, my family has closely followed the customs of Polish and Italian culture, especially in relation to holiday traditions and religious practices. My maternal grandmother’s father was Polish and her mother Italian. My maternal grandfather’s mother and father are both Italian. These chapters provided me with more context into the childhood experiences they shared and their reasons for sticking closely to the traditions of their culture.
As the closing of the frontier began, Americans celebrated the 400th anniversary of Columbus 's arrival to the new world. It was a chance for America to exhibit its power. The fair showcased the products of progress. According to Ben Wattenberg, “There was a 22,000-pound block of cheese from Canada, and the world 's largest cannon, from Germany” (pbs.org). Wattenberg also stated that by the turn of the century, social scientists created a system using numbers to define the standards of beauty and the status of the ideal man and woman.
Starting at a young age my family had stressed the importance of embracing my Italian heritage. My father, mother and grandfather each contributed in showing me that in order to honor our Italian heritage you must demonstrate three qualities as a young man. My father is responsible for teaching me respect and how to give every individual you meet total and complete respect. Similarly my mother is responsible for teaching me love, how to love and how to spread love throughout the world. As for my grandfather, he taught me what courage is and how to always be courageous.
In The Outsiders the greasers are seen mostly as outsiders in society. The greasers are known to society as people who steal, smoking, and starting fights. The usually are recognized to society as people who wear leather jackets, jeans, and a T-shirt. Some greasers are different than how society portrays them. Johnny seems like he is a murder but he actually has a kind heart.
Miller’s conception of “nationality” is inspired by John Stuart Mill’s writing in Chapter 16 of Considerations on Representative Government. In defending his principle of nationality, Miller takes into account three interconnected propositions – proposition concerning national identity, ethical proposition, and political proposition. Not withstanding the introduction and conclusion, the book is divided into five chapters. Miller dedicates one chapter each to the propositions concerning national identity (chapter 2) and ethical proposition (chapter 3), and two chapters (chapter 4 and chapter 5) to the political proposition. Specifically, chapter 2 discusses what it means to have a national identity and if this identity is rationally defensible; chapter 3 talks about the ethical significance in determining the duties we have as both individual and citizen; chapter 4 explores how the issues of sovereignty, self-determination and secession fit into the paradigm of nationalism; and chapter 5 confronts the conflict between nationality and cultural pluralism.
A nation stems from a pre-existing history. It does not require that all the members be alike but they must have a bond of solidarity to the other members of the nation. Nationalism is a movement for the attainment and maintenance of unity, identity and autonomy of a population that its members consider a nation. Nations are a product of modernity but it is likely to find ethnic elements that exist in these nations.
Nationalism is the idea that a people who have much in common, such as language, culture and within the same location ought to organize in such a way that it creates a stable and enduring state. Nationalism is tied to patriotism, and it is the driving force behind the identity of a culture. Nationalism had many effects in Europe from 1815, The Congress of Vienna and beyond. Nationalism brings people together in a way and people can feel belong to something. Factors include Prince Metternich, the middle class in countries get involved, and ideas of imperialism and many others brought people together as one to be called nationalism.
