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City of Neighborhoods: Memory, Folklore, and Ethnic Place in Boston (Folklore Stud in a Multicultural World)
Anthony Bak Buccitelli
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Description for City of Neighborhoods: Memory, Folklore, and Ethnic Place in Boston (Folklore Stud in a Multicultural World)
Hardcover. Reveals that stereotypical ethnic neighborhoods have developed into multicultural communities that use ethnic symbolism as a means for inclusion, not exclusion. Series: Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFHF; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
East Boston has long been known as an Italian neighborhood and Southie as an Irish one, while nearby North Quincy has seen in recent decades an influx of Chinese Americans and immigrants. Such urban spaces in America can become intimately intertwined with ethnic identities (Little Italy, Greektown, Chinatown, Little Havana). Yet local residents often readily acknowledge an underlying diversity—both historically and as a result of more recent changes—that complicates such stereotypes.
Digging into the ever-shifting terrain of American ethnicity and urban spaces, Anthony Bak Buccitelli investigates folk practices, social memory, and local histories in three Boston-area neighborhoods. He looks ... Read more
East Boston has long been known as an Italian neighborhood and Southie as an Irish one, while nearby North Quincy has seen in recent decades an influx of Chinese Americans and immigrants. Such urban spaces in America can become intimately intertwined with ethnic identities (Little Italy, Greektown, Chinatown, Little Havana). Yet local residents often readily acknowledge an underlying diversity—both historically and as a result of more recent changes—that complicates such stereotypes.
Digging into the ever-shifting terrain of American ethnicity and urban spaces, Anthony Bak Buccitelli investigates folk practices, social memory, and local histories in three Boston-area neighborhoods. He looks ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Series
Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299307103
SKU
V9780299307103
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About Anthony Bak Buccitelli
Anthony Bak Buccitelli is an assistant professor of American studies and communications at Pennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, USA. He grew up in Hingham, Massachusetts.
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