03323nam 2200673 450 991046466530332120200520144314.01-78238-370-0(CKB)3710000000128758(EBL)1644373(SSID)ssj0001225973(PQKBManifestationID)12454634(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001225973(PQKBWorkID)11270530(PQKB)11143163(MiAaPQ)EBC1644373(Au-PeEL)EBL1644373(CaPaEBR)ebr10883296(CaONFJC)MIL623543(OCoLC)881567849(EXLCZ)99371000000012875820140628h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAmericans in Tuscany charity, compassion, and belonging /Catherine TrundleNew York :Berghahn,2014.©20141 online resource (230 p.)New Directions in Anthropology ;Volume 36Description based upon print version of record.1-306-92292-5 1-78238-369-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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 new cultural terrain, many women struggle to build local lives. In the first ethnographic monograph of Americans in Italy, Catherine Trundle argues that charity and philanthropy are the central means by which many American women negotiate a sense of migrant belonging in Italy. This book traces womNew directions in anthropology ;Volume 36.Women immigrantsItalyTuscanySocial conditionsImmigrantsCultural assimilationItalyTuscanyAmericansItalyTuscanySocial conditionsAmericansCultural assimilationItalyTuscanySocial serviceItalyTuscanyElectronic books.Women immigrantsSocial conditions.ImmigrantsCultural assimilationAmericansSocial conditions.AmericansCultural assimilationSocial service305.48/8130455Trundle Catherine893305MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464665303321Americans in Tuscany2019549UNINA