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Merchants in the city of art : work, identity, and change in a Florentine market / Anne L. Schiller.
Lippincott Library HF5474.I8 S35 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schiller, Anne (Anne Louise), author.
- Series:
- Teaching culture
- Teaching culture : UTP ethnographies for the classroom
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Markets--Italy--Florence.
- Markets.
- Merchants--Italy--Florence.
- Merchants.
- Vendors and purchasers--Italy--Florence.
- Vendors and purchasers.
- Globalization--Italy--Florence.
- Globalization.
- Ethnology--Italy--Florence.
- Ethnology.
- Florence (Italy)--Economic conditions.
- Florence (Italy).
- Florence (Italy)--Social conditions.
- Economic history.
- Social conditions.
- Italy--Florence.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 152 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
- Summary:
- "In Merchants in the City of Art, Anne Schiller addresses classic anthropological questions about culture change and places them in a contemporary context, bringing together issues of work, heritage, immigration, and tourism. San Lorenzo, a neighborhood located in the historic centre of the celebrated city of Florence, and home to a market that has existed since before the Renaissance, is in transition. Globalization pressures--specifically international tourism and migration--are forcing changes in the way vendors work, which in turn raises larger questions about identity, authenticity, and heritage. 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 to explore how cultural identities are formed, and how they change, and are negotiated during periods of profound social and economic change."-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 San Lorenzo Neighborhood and Its Globalized Marker 1
- A Marketplace in Transition 5
- Migrations and Complications 12
- Civic Administration and Politics in San Lorenzo 18
- Fieldwork as an Apprentice Vendor 21
- Marketplace Performance in the Theater of Sales 27
- Some Dilemmas of Fiorentinità 34
- Chapter 2 A Mercantile Neighborhood across Time 39
- A City of Merchants 41
- San Lorenzo in Medieval and Medicean Times 42
- Old, New, and Newer Markets 45
- From Traveling to Stationary Peddlers 49
- Diversity in the Most Cosmopolitan Part of the City 55
- Choosing the Right Vendor 57
- Identity and Heritage in a World Heritage Site 59
- Chapter 3 Lives and Livelihoods on Silver Street 63
- How Some Vendors Got Their Start 64
- Merchants and Their Merchandise 67
- Finding Work in San Lorenzo 71
- Competition in Close Quarters 73
- The Best Work 78
- Customer Relations 83
- Making Cents in San Lorenzo 88
- Chapter 4 Into the Heart of Florence 93
- Long-Term Vendors and Newcomers 96
- Fixed Merchants and Infringers 103
- Unlicensed Vending in the Marketplace 105
- Talking to the Neighbors 110
- Chapter 5 Saving San Lorenzo 113
- A Neighborhood Association 117
- The Saint Orsola Project and the Search for "Manna Lisa" 120
- Tsunami on the Market Stands 122
- Fiorentinità and Its Discontents 126
- Chapter 6 Fiorentinità in a Post-Florentine Market 129.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Schiller, Anne (Anne Louise), author. Merchants in the city of art.
- ISBN:
- 9781442634626
- 1442634626
- 9781442634619
- 1442634618
- OCLC:
- 926248571
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