A Venetian island : environment, history and change in Burano / Lidia D. Sciama.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sciama, Lidia D., author.

Series:

New directions in anthropology ; volume 8.

New directions in anthropology ; volume 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Burano (Italy)--History.

Burano (Italy).

Burano (Italy)--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since the extensive floods of 1966, inhabitants of Venice's laguna areas have come to share in, and reflect upon, concerns over pressing environmental problems. Evidence of damage caused by industrial pollution has contributed to the need to recover a common culture and establish a sense of continuity with "truly Venetian traditions." Based on ethnographic and archival data, this in-depth study of the Venetian island of Burano shows how its inhabitants develop their sense of a distinct identity on the basis of their notions of gender, honor and kinship relations, their common memories, their knowledge and love of their environment and their special skills in fishing and lace making.

Contents:

""CONTENTS""; ""1""; ""2""; ""3""; ""4""; ""5""; ""6""; ""7""; ""8""; ""Conclusions""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 7, 2014).

ISBN:

9781782386148

1782386149

OCLC:

607015445