O DISCURSO DA ITALIANIDADE NO ES: REALIDADE OU MITO CONSTRUÍDO?

Abstract

From the literary production produced about the Italian immigration in the Espirito  Santo, this article aims to analyze the construction of the myth of italianity as the main ethnic  group to compose the Capixaba’s identity. Uses quantitative survey and analysis produced  between 1960 and 2005. It concludes that the literature helped to crystallize this myth when it  played the dreams and achievements of immigrants.