ITALIAN CULTURE IN ST LOUIS

Italian culture in St Louis

Table of Contents

What is Culture?3

Background3

Population on Earth4

Language5

Religions5

Customs and Etiquettes5

Etiquette of meeting5

Etiquette of Gift giving6

Etiquette Dining6

TV and Movies6

Recreation6

Health7

Health Care System7

References8

Italian culture in St Louis

What is Culture?

In ancient Italian culture in St. Louis, culture was taken, by the perfect education, that person should receive. Something like that was the concept of culture, in Roman times. The Romans always tended to simulate the level of intellectual, who managed the Greek classic era.

Culture is a set of language, ethnicity, values, norms, greeting, etiquette and physical traits. It is a combination of different traits. Culture varies among different nations, races, cities and families(Colt & Huguenin 2002, p.245).

Background

West Civilization and cultures are mostly influenced by the Italian culture. The movement of Italy unification was known as Risorgimento that was began during the 18th century. After the Second World War, the political instability affected the entire citizen of the Italy that enforced them to migrate to other neighbor countries (Mormino 2002, 123-125). After a great crisis and instability in the Italy, most of the Italian immigration was started to come in the St. Louis city in the hope of seeking jobs. The immigration was on the peak in later 19th century. The wine industry was groomed a lot in that era (Bray & Lawrence 2002, p.93)

The neighborhood of the historical Italian is famous with the name of The Hill where a number of areas cover with the Italian restaurants. These areas reflect a clear image of Italian's culture. With the increased in the immigration of the Italian people, the Roman Catholic Churches were also increased. The most famous catholic churches are Help of Christian and Parish of Our Lady that were established in the downtown area of St. Louis (Mormino 2002, 123-125).

Population on Earth

The population of Italy is about the 58.1 million; however, the population is declining slightly. The reason of this decline is the concern of people in regards of the birthrate of country. The birthrate is one of the lowest rates in the Europe, and it is expected to decline more in coming years. The most of the Italian like to live in urban areas, around 68 percent of Italian are living these areas with having typical cultural values. The total population of Italian is more than 2.7 million of people, according to 2010 census. The most of the population around the world is called with the name of ethnic group (Mormino 2002, 123-125).

The total population of St. Louis is 1910,687,029, and out of the population, the six percent of population is full with Italian people. During the early of 20th century, the St Louis was established a gang for lively immigrant's culture that was extending to much for the activities of merchandising and violence of gang.

Language

Although, the Italian like to use their own language that is Italian, but the dialects are differ from place to place. But in the St. Louis, the most common use of language is ...