Americans in Tuscany
charity, compassion, and belonging
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Author
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
- OCLC Control Number863201398
- Better World Books9781782383703
- Open LibraryOL31178075M
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.
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Series Statement
- New directions in anthropology -- volume 36
Other Editions
- Americans in Tuscany: charity, compassion, and belonging
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