Americans in Tuscany : : Charity, Compassion, and Belonging / / Catherine Trundle.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2014] ©2014 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New Directions in Anthropology ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part I HISTORIES OF MIGRATION AND CHARITY
- Chapter 1 A Civilized Journey
- Part II FORGING CHARITABLE COMMUNITIES
- Chapter 2 Intimate Lives and the Art of Belonging
- Chapter 3 Food, Community and Incorporat ion Work
- Chapter 4 Ethical Engagement: Crafting Charitable Relations
- 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