[PW] ? modern Italian family life

[Robert]

Cindy;

Elizabeth Rosenthal has written several articles that address family
demographics in Italy, and Europe.  This one deals with the decrease
in family size in Italy in recent decades, and the impact on Italian
society, and may provide some direction for more research;

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/22/world/europe/22genoa.html

Regards,

Robert

Robert Verde

On 2/23/07, Kump, Cindy <ckump at sf.edu> wrote:
> I have a patron working on an international marketing plan for a
> business class.  She needs to find information about the current state
> of the family in Italy.  In particular, she needs information on the
> nuclear family, extended family, parental roles, marriage and courtship,
> and male & female roles.
>
> I have looked in our book collection, the public library's collection,
> Academic Search Premier, SocIndex, and Google but have only found a few
> articles which touch on these subjects.  I'm finding a lot of
> information on various periods of history but she needs information on
> current Italian culture.  There is also a lot on the Catholic Church's
> teachings regarding marriage and family but what she needs is
> information on how it actually is from a cultural standpoint, not how it
> should be from a theological standpoint, if that distinction makes
> sense.
>
> She needs this information by Tuesday so I'm hoping someone can point me
> in the direction of a reliable web site or other source which may offer
> an overall portrait of modern Italian family life.
>
> Many thanks in advance.
>
> Cindy
>
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