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Record Nr.

UNISA996248307703316

Autore

Sciama Lidia D

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2003

ISBN

1-57181-920-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxii, 250 p. ) : ill., maps ;

Collana

New directions in anthropology  A Venetian island

New directions in anthropology ; ; v. 8

Disciplina

945/.31

Soggetti

Regions & Countries - Europe

History & Archaeology

Italy

History

Burano (Italy) History

Burano (Italy) Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-243) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. Burano, Venice and The Lagoon -- ; 2. A Sense of History -- ; 3. Religion and Social Change -- ; 4. Kinship and Residence -- ; 5. Stratification -- ; 6. Honour and Shame in Mediterranean Anthropology -- ; 7. Burano's Lace-Making: an Honourable Craft -- ; 8. Devolution from the Grass-roots: Local Interest against Ideology -- ; App. 1. The Venetian Territory and its Population -- ; App. 2. Law 16 April 1973. Interventions for the Safeguard of Venice -- ; App. 3. Census.

Sommario/riassunto

"Since the extensive floods of 1966, inhabitants of Venice's lagoon 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."--



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