Merchants in the City of Art: Work, Identity, and Change in a Florentine Neighborhood (Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom)

Schiller, Anne L.

ISBN 10: 1442634618 / ISBN 13: 9781442634619

Published by University of Toronto Press, 2016

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pp. 176.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Merchants in the City of Art: Work, Identity, and Change in a Florentine Neighborhood (Teaching Culture: UTP Ethnographies for the Classroom)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1442634618
• ISBN 13: 9781442634619
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

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.