The Broken Fountain (Columbia Classics in Anthropology)
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (513 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0231133715 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-07-28 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
At a time when we have so much difficulty understanding poverty in our own country, it is interesting to look at some other country's poor, to examine their anger and frustration. The forms taken by their aggressions and their defenses, the configurations of their pride and their sense of self, the degree to which they fall back on love for consolation, or on friendship .This is what Thomas Belmonte does in "The Broken Fountain."
Thomas Belmonte was a professor of anthropology at Hofstra University. 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.. Ida Susser is professor of anthropology
wowie Polexia I have this book in a socialsience method class, and for that i am realy glad! This book is writen with such understanding, and such respect. He could have choosen an easy way and just written what he saw and assume about all he doesn't see or know. Like about the family he get's to know, he even mentions it himself, that he could have just assumed that all familys in Naples in this area and in other poor areas, are t. A Must-Read! Belmonte's book should be require reading for all Anthropology students as well as those interested in Naples life, before graduating college. As an ethnography, Belmonte writes an excellent detail account of life in poor Naples. He makes you "see" Naples through the eyes of the people in his book and not by those glossy travel brochures.. Not just for Intro level Anthropology students. Belmontes field study of Urban poor of Naples Italy makes great reading. Belmonte writes as a chemist would, capturing the kind of graphic detail that puts you right at the head of a Neapolitan famly's table at Sunday dinner. Watch that knife! Belmonte's Naples is filled with unforgettable people in an unforgettable place.
Resisting standard depictions of the social and moral lives of the poor, Belmonte presents nuanced portraits of his subjects. Belmonte describes Fontana del Re, an impoverished Neapolitan neighborhood, documenting the struggles of Neapolitans surrounded by crumbling buildings and economic insecurity. He was also one of the first anthropologists to reflect on his own reactions and emotions. He describes the traumatic experience of living alone in a strange urban environment and his social interactions with the residents of Fontana del Re.