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Merchants in the City of Art: Work, Identity, and Change in a Florentine Neighborhood
Anne L. Schiller
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Description for Merchants in the City of Art: Work, Identity, and Change in a Florentine Neighborhood
Paperback. San Lorenzo, a neighborhood in the historic centre of Florence, and home to a market that has existed since before the Renaissance, is in transition. Globalization pressures-specifically international tourism and immigration-are forcing changes in the way vendors work, which in turn raises larger questions about identity. Series: Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom. Num Pages: 176 pages, 25. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JM; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
This lively and engaging ethnography, written and designed with students in mind, uses the experiences and perspectives of a set of long-time market vendors in San Lorenzo, a neighborhood in the historic center of Florence, Italy, to explore how cultural identities are formed in periods of profound economic and social change.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom
Condition
New
Weight
280g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442634619
SKU
V9781442634619
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About Anne L. Schiller
Anne Schiller is Professor of Anthropology at George Mason University and Fulbright-Con Il Sud Visiting Professor at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. She has conducted research and published extensively on identity and social movements in Italy and Indonesia. She is also active in the field of international education, and writes and presents on issues of cross-border collaboration among universities. ... Read more
Reviews for Merchants in the City of Art: Work, Identity, and Change in a Florentine Neighborhood
Like Schiller, I, too, love Florence and have visited it many times, and taught there as well. So I feel very confident in saying that hers is a well-done book, her portrait of the San Lorenzo Market exactly the one I know, too. She cites all the relevant experts: Barth, Bourdieu, Geertz, Goffman, Herzfeld, Kertzer, Turner, as well as many ... Read more