Market day in Provence / Michèle de La Pradelle ; translated by Amy Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

La Pradelle, Michèle de.

Series:

Fieldwork encounters and discoveries

Standardized Title:

Vendredis de Carpentras. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Markets--Social aspects--France--Carpentras.

Markets.

Markets--Social aspects.

France--Carpentras.

Fairs--Social aspects--France--Carpentras.

Fairs.

Social aspects.

France.

Carpentras (France)--Commerce--Social aspects.

Carpentras (France).

Carpentras (France)--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Contents:

Foreword to the American edition, by Jack Katz

Introduction

The market stage

City tour

Well-ordered chaos

An economy of enticement

The art of taking one's time

Familiar strangers

Delights of free trade

Commerce of the imaginary

"The customer doesn't go by price here"

"Pumpkins are rounder at the market"

"Let me have some pâté, but your pâté"

"I sell Provence"

Ordinary authenticity

The truffle circle

Pleasure of the agora

Equality of opportunity

All at the market, all in the same boat

In full view

Generalized friendship

Identity on offer

"Do you still make those little caillettes of yours?"

In the forebears' footsteps

Conclusion: a moment of utopia.

Notes:

Translation of: Les vendredis de Carpentras: faire son marché, en Provence ou ailleurs.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0226141845

OCLC:

60421228

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