STEREOTYPES
How the Italians are seen
abroad
Pasta
Pasta is an old and
well known Italian
tradition. Particularly
“spaghetti”, a type of
pasta dressed with
lots of different
sauces. The Italians
eat pasta at least
once a day.
Pizza and Mandolino
Pizza and mandolino are
two Italian traditions
typically Neapolitan well
known abroad because
brought there by
Neapolitan emigrants.
Pizza spread all over the
world for its delicious
taste, while mandolino
remained only in Naples’s
tradition.
Coffee
The Italians drink a
small cup of coffee at
the end of every
meal. We don’t use
any mug (like other
populations do)
because our coffee is
very restricted. We
call it “espresso”.
Soccer
The Italians speak
about soccer
continually and
everywhere. For this
reason we can say
that “spoken soccer”
is our national sport.
Art
We are proud of our
history and
particularly of art
masterpieces we
have in every corner
of our beautiful
country. Some of
them are icons of our
country.
Fashion
In Italy we have the
most famous stylists
in the word, we love
style and we dress
stylish.
We always sing
The imagine that the
Italians are frivolous
people is only a
stereotype. Actually,
we sing just to distract
ourselves.
Bad pronunciation
We don’t have a good
pronunciation of
foreign languages, in
particular of English.
Mafia
Mafia is the oldest
problem in Italy.
Abroad we are often
tagged like “mafiosi”,
but this nickname
shouldn’t be used for
all our population.
Made by Giada, Michela,
Giulia, Francesca and
Silvia