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Dear George, I know of no modern study on the stereotypes you mention, but a couple of fruitful areas would be: (1) the `commedia dell'arte' tradition, in which the stock characters were various local stereotypes (eg. Venetian, Bergamask, Neapolitan etc.). And comedy generally would be an interesting first port of call for literary stereotypes; (2) a much more limited field is supplied by the stereotypes used by combattants in the `Questione della lingua'. From Dante down to Beni (and probably later) there were some very quaint stereotypes about regional speech and language. On Mon, 3 Feb 1997 21:51:47 +0000 (GMT) [log in to unmask] wrote: > From: [log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 3 Feb 1997 21:51:47 +0000 (GMT) > Subject: regional/local stereotypes > To: [log in to unmask] > > My previous post leads me to ask another, more general > question. Are there any socio-literary studies, that > present (stereotypical) images held by Italians of a > certain region (e.g. Lombardia), of people from another > Italian region (e.g. Piemonte)? Such a book, whether based > on sociological surveys or on extracts from literary works, > would be useful for me as a guide to possible > interpretations of comments made by a character in a book > by an Italian writer, about another of the book's > characters who comes from another region or town. > > Grazie di nuovo, George > [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%