Americans in Tuscany : charity, compassion, and belonging /

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Since the time of the Grand Tour, the Italian region of Tuscany has sustained a highly visible American and Anglo migrant community. Today American women continue to migrate there, many in order to marry Italian men. Confronted with experiences of social exclusion, unfamiliar family relations, and n...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Trundle, Catherine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Series:New directions in anthropology ; v. 36.
Subjects:
Women immigrants > Italy > Tuscany > Social conditions.
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation > Italy > Tuscany.
Americans > Italy > Tuscany > Social conditions.
Americans > Cultural assimilation > Italy > Tuscany.
Social service > Italy > Tuscany.
Compassion > Italy > Tuscany.
Assimilation (Sociology) > Italy > Tuscany.
Social integration.
Immigrantes > Italie > Toscane > Conditions sociales.
Immigrants > Intégration > Italie > Toscane.
Service social > Italie > Toscane.
Compassion > Italie > Toscane.
Assimilation (Sociologie) > Italie > Toscane.
Intégration sociale.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Americans > Cultural assimilation.
Americans > Social conditions.
Assimilation (Sociology)
Compassion.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Immigrants > Cultural assimilation.
Social service.
Women immigrants > Social conditions.
Tuscany (Italy) > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Italy > Tuscany.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Title page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Framing Charity and Migration; Chapter 1 A Civilized Journey; Part II Forging Charitable Communities; Chapter 2 Intimate Lives and the Art of Belonging; Chapter 3 Food, Community and Incorporation Work; Chapter 4 Ethical Engagement; Part III The Moral Work of Charity; Chapter 5 'Getting the Work Done', or an Ethos of Disinterested Equality; Chapter 6 Compassion and Empathy without Understanding; Chapter 7 Accountability, Cynicism and Hope; Epilogue Charity, Reflexivity, Belonging; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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