Publication

2014 - Berghahn Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

55,500 words, Guess

Page Count

222 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781782383697
  • ISBN-139781782383703
  • ISBN-101782383697
  • ISBN-101782383700
  • Library of Congress Control Number2013044574
and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC305.48/8130455
  • LCCJV8138 .T78 2014
  • LCCJV8138.T78 2014

Description

"Since the time of the Grand Tour, the Italian region of Tuscany has sustained a highly visible American and Anglo migrant community. Today American women continue to migrate there, many in order to marry Italian men. Confronted with experiences of social exclusion, unfamiliar family relations, and new cultural terrain, many women struggle to build local lives. In the first ethnographic monograph of Americans in Italy, Catherine Trundle argues that charity and philanthropy are the central means by which many American women negotiate a sense of migrant belonging in Italy. This book traces women"--publisher's description.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • New directions in anthropology -- volume 36

Other Editions

  • Americans in Tuscany: charity, compassion, and belongingBerghahn Books2014-01-01

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