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The popularity of MTV’s reality show Jersey Shore (2009–12), which exposes the adventures of a group of Guidos and Guidettes, is the last and most notable evidence of the continuing marketability of the (working-class and racialized) Italian American body, uncontrolled expression of emotions, “tribal” sense of family and community, and full capacity of sensual enjoyment.
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Simone Cinotto (Making Italian America: Consumer Culture and the Production of Ethnic Identities (Critical Studies in Italian America))