Porta Palazzo : the anthropology of an Italian market /

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Porta Palazzo, arguably Western Europe's largest open-air market, is a central economic, social, and cultural hub for Italians and migrants in the city of Turin. Open-air markets like Porta Palazzo have existed for centuries in Europe; although their function has changed over time-traditional m...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Black, Rachel, 1975-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Contemporary ethnography.
Subjects:
Black, Rachel, > 1975- > Homes and haunts > Italy > Turin.
Black, Rachel, > 1975-
Porta Palazzo (Market : Turin, Italy)
Grocery shopping > Social aspects > Italy > Turin.
Grocery trade > Social aspects > Italy > Turin.
Markets > Italy > Turin > Sociological aspects.
Aliments > Achat > Aspect social > Italie > Turin.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
Homes.
Social conditions.
Turin (Italy) > Social conditions.
Italy > Turin.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Foreword / Petrini, Carlo
  • Introduction. Going to Market
  • Chapter 1. The Market as a Field
  • Chapter 2. The Evolution of a Market
  • Chapter 3. A Neighborhood, a Square, and a Market
  • Chapter 4. Fare la spesa: Shopping, Morality, and Anxiety at the Market
  • Chapter 5. Il Ventre di Torino: Migration and Food
  • Chapter 6. Kumalé: Ethnogastronomic Tourism
  • Chapter 7. Nostrano: The Farmers' Market, Local Food, and Place
  • Conclusion. La Piazza-City, Public Space, and Sociability
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments

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