The article analyzes the transmission of Catholicism in families of Italian descent in Argentina. The study is based on a field research carried out in Buenos Aires in 2007 by interviewing three generations of the same family in different areas of the city as to their religious practices. The study points out the transformation of the religious imaginary in Buenos Aires: this change clearly appears in the plurality of simbolic ressources borrowed to construct identity. In this context, the inherited italianity participates in the symbolic construction of a 'cultural homeland' where the cultural values work as a provider of meaning.
La transmisión del catolicismo en familias de inmigrantes: continuidades y rupturas a lo largo del linaje generacional
ZAPPONI E
2007-01-01
Abstract
The article analyzes the transmission of Catholicism in families of Italian descent in Argentina. The study is based on a field research carried out in Buenos Aires in 2007 by interviewing three generations of the same family in different areas of the city as to their religious practices. The study points out the transformation of the religious imaginary in Buenos Aires: this change clearly appears in the plurality of simbolic ressources borrowed to construct identity. In this context, the inherited italianity participates in the symbolic construction of a 'cultural homeland' where the cultural values work as a provider of meaning.
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