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    "pk": 40450,
    "title": "“Guido” Culture: The Destabilization of Italian-American Identity  on Jersey Shore",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "In this article, I explore the stereotypical representation of Italian-American identity on the MTV Networks reality television series \nJersey Shore. \nLeaders of Italian-American organizations have voiced strong opposition to the show over concerns that the “guido” and “guidette” subculture it depicts will become synonymous, for viewers, with Italian-American identity at large. Drawing on feminist theories about gender performance as well as Italian cultural and media studies, I argue that the admittedly pejorative portrayal of Italian-American culture on \nJersey Shore\n may nevertheless be read productively. The characterization of Guidos and Guidettes in the series suggests that the definition of Italian-American identity depends upon practices and variables that are available for appropriation. Consequently, \nJersey Shore\n may be interpreted as challenging the possibility of a real—as opposed to constructed—Italian-American culture.",
    "language": "en",
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    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "Guido, Italian American, Jersey Shore, Reality Television, Identity, Stereotypes, Camp, Performativity"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Vol. 4: Italian Sound",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1m95s09q",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Sara",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Troyani",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of Notre Dame",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2013-01-02T12:43:38+08:00",
    "date_accepted": "2013-01-02T12:43:38+08:00",
    "date_published": "2014-03-03T12:58:03+08:00",
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}