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The Varieties of Ethnic Experience: Kinship, Class, and Gender among California Italian-Americans (The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)
Micaela Di Leonardo
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Description for The Varieties of Ethnic Experience: Kinship, Class, and Gender among California Italian-Americans (The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)
Paperback. Series: The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues. Num Pages: 264 pages, 21. BIC Classification: JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 457.
Taking a novel anthropological approach to the issue of white ethnicity in the United States, this book challenges the model of uniform ethnic family and community culture, and argues for a reconsideration of the meaning of class, kinship, and gender in America's past and present. Micaela di Leonardo focuses on a group of Italian-American families who live in Northern California and who range widely in economic status. Combining the methods of participant-observation, oral history, and economic-historical research, she breaks decisively with the tradition of viewing white ethnicity solely as Eastern, urban, and working class. The author integrates ... Read more
Taking a novel anthropological approach to the issue of white ethnicity in the United States, this book challenges the model of uniform ethnic family and community culture, and argues for a reconsideration of the meaning of class, kinship, and gender in America's past and present. Micaela di Leonardo focuses on a group of Italian-American families who live in Northern California and who range widely in economic status. Combining the methods of participant-observation, oral history, and economic-historical research, she breaks decisively with the tradition of viewing white ethnicity solely as Eastern, urban, and working class. The author integrates ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Series
The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801492785
SKU
V9780801492785
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About Micaela Di Leonardo
Micaela di Leonardo is a consultant with the National Academy of Sciences and has taught at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Reviews for The Varieties of Ethnic Experience: Kinship, Class, and Gender among California Italian-Americans (The Anthropology of Contemporary Issues)
The work is informed by an uncommonly sophisticated attempt to examine the intersection of attitudes, cultural codes, and political economy. It gives the lie to some popular and prevalent, but mistaken, stereotypic versions of Italian 'ethnic culture.'
Peter Schneider, Division of the Social Sciences, Fordham University at Lincoln Center Novel and insightful.... Di Leonardo's study is an ... Read more
Peter Schneider, Division of the Social Sciences, Fordham University at Lincoln Center Novel and insightful.... Di Leonardo's study is an ... Read more