Merchants in the City of Art

Klappentext This lively and engaging ethnography, written and designed with students in mind, uses the experiences and perspectives of a set of long-time market vendors in San Lorenzo, a neighborhood in the historic center of Florence, Italy, to explore how cultural identities are formed in periods of profound economic and social change. Zusammenfassung San Lorenzo! a neighborhood in the historic centre of Florence! and home to a market that has existed since before the Renaissance! is in transition. Globalization pressures-specifically international tourism and immigration-are forcing changes in the way vendors work! which in turn raises larger questions about identity.

Auteur

Anne Schiller is Professor of Anthropology at George Mason University and Fulbright-Con Il Sud Visiting Professor at the University of Salento, Lecce, Italy. She has conducted research and published extensively on identity and social movements in Italy and Indonesia. She is also active in the field of international education, and writes and presents on issues of cross-border collaboration among universities.

Résumé
San Lorenzo, a neighborhood in the historic centre of Florence, and home to a market that has existed since before the Renaissance, is in transition. Globalization pressuresspecifically international tourism and immigrationare forcing changes in the way vendors work, which in turn raises larger questions about identity.