The passeggiata and popular culture in an Italian town : folklore and the performance of modernity /

"[A]n evocative account of social life in the central Italian town of Sasso. Focusing on the passeggiata (ritual promenade), Del Negro provides a vivid picture of dressing, walking, courting, and socializing in Sasso's piazza."--Jacket

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Del Negro, Giovanna
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montréal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2004.
Subjects:
Folklore > Italy > Abruzzo.
Plazas > Social aspects > Italy > Abruzzo.
Walking > Italy > Abruzzo.
Popular culture > Italy > Abruzzo.
Places > Italie > Abruzzo
Culture populaire > Italie > Abruzzo
Folklore > Italie > Abruzzes.
Places > Aspect social > Italie > Abruzzes.
Culture populaire > Italie > Abruzzes.
Places > Italie > Abruzzo.
Culture populaire > Italie > Abruzzo.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Customs & Traditions.
Folklore
Manners and customs
Plazas > Social aspects
Popular culture
Walking
Abruzzo (Italy) > Social life and customs.
Abruzzes (Italie) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Italy > Abruzzo
Abruzzo (Italie) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • "Our Little Paris"
  • Modernity in Folklore, Social Thought, and the Field Encounter
  • Light Industry and Accordions: Representations of Contemporary Sassano Identity
  • The Miracle, the Blonde, and the Prostitutes: Gender and Social Change in Sassano Discourse
  • Seeing and Being Seen in the Sassano Passeggiata
  • Our Modernity.

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