MOB WIFE TRAD WIFE HORSESHOE THEORY: Italian Fashion, Housekeepers, & Mormon Tiktok
Channel: Tamia Thompson
Date: 2024-03-19

TIMESTAMPS
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00:00 introduction/what's actually tea
3:14 mob wife trad wife horseshoe theory tldr
4:52 defining "tradwife aesthetic" & "mob wife aesthetic"
5:40 the mob & the immigration story (scarface)
7:05 sicily's annexation and italy's very early fashion history
8:21 big mafia in the south vs. big fashion in the north
9:59 coming to america (from padroni to tailors' unions)
10:49 the importance of la famiglia
11:26 1940s-1950s fashion & fascismo
14:11 dior's new look & wifedressing following suit
16:32 the image of the mammy vs. the housewife
21:57 women's rights, 1970s american fashion, and neoliberalism
22:50 1980s italian fashion & status signalling
23:39 my italian fashion timeline/visual aid/chart
23:52 what are mob wives wearing? rating mob wife tv/movies
25:36 1980s-1990s nyc ghetto glam & mob wives are neighbours
27:08 la bella mafia starring lil kim & class mobility
28:04 horseshoe TLDR of my whole point so u guys don't vex me
29:59 carmela soprano & truth to mob wife media
33:27 mormon mommy blogger$ & the performance of housework
37:53 summarizing the horseshoe & conclusion

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cited sources

TELEVISION & FILM
The Sopranos
Good Fellas
Scarface
The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
The Watermelon Woman
CUNY TV: Black American — Building a Brand with Dapper Dan
(https://archive.org/details/cunytv_BLAM08017)

BOOKS & SCHOLARLY LIT
-  Steele, Valerie. Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. Vol. 2, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2005.
- Fashion, Italian style. Steele, Valerie. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003.
- Manring, M. M. Slave in a Box: The Strange Career of Aunt Jemima, 1998.
- Dickie, John. Cosa Nostra: A History of the Sicilian Mafia, 2007.
- Fenton, Edwin. Italians in the Labor Movement. Pennsylvania History 26, (1959).

WEB LINKS
- https://www.britannica.com/place/Italy/The-early-Italian-Renaissance
- https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/mob-wife-aesthetic
- https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/trad-girl-tradwife
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- https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/fall-2006-ready-to-wear/bottega-veneta
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_embargo_against_Cuba
- https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/italian/working-across-the-country/
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- https://twitter.com/silkslips/status/1591860834531442689/photo/1
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- https://www.complex.com/style/a/aria-hughes/nzingha-lil-kim-makeup-artist