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The Broken Fountain
Thomas Belmonte
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Description for The Broken Fountain
Paperback. Offers vivid, literary descriptions of Fontana del Re, an impoverished Neapolitan neighborhood. This book documents the struggles of Neapolitans surrounded by crumbling buildings and economic insecurity. It details family dynamics as well as the workings of Naples's informal economy. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 photos. BIC Classification: 1DST; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 390.
As Ida Susser writes in reference to Belmonte's Broken Fountain, good ethnographies have long lives. This classic of urban anthropology, one of the most acclaimed ethnographies of recent years, offers vivid, literary descriptions of Fontana del Re, an impoverished Neapolitan neighborhood. Belmonte documents the struggles of Neapolitans surrounded by crumbling buildings and economic insecurity. He details family dynamics as well as the working of Naples's informal economy, the day-to-day struggle for economic subsistence, and the intermittent begging and thieving of the young. Taking us from the bustling, vibrant, and gritty streets and alleyways of Naples to the kitchen ... Read more
As Ida Susser writes in reference to Belmonte's Broken Fountain, good ethnographies have long lives. This classic of urban anthropology, one of the most acclaimed ethnographies of recent years, offers vivid, literary descriptions of Fontana del Re, an impoverished Neapolitan neighborhood. Belmonte documents the struggles of Neapolitans surrounded by crumbling buildings and economic insecurity. He details family dynamics as well as the working of Naples's informal economy, the day-to-day struggle for economic subsistence, and the intermittent begging and thieving of the young. Taking us from the bustling, vibrant, and gritty streets and alleyways of Naples to the kitchen ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
390g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231133715
SKU
V9780231133715
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About Thomas Belmonte
Thomas Belmonte was a professor of anthropology at Hofstra University. Ida Susser is professor of anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her books include Norman Street: Poverty and Politics in an Urban Neighborhood; The Castells Reader on Cities and Social Theory; and Wounded Cities: Destruction and Reconstruction in a Globalized World.
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