Alternative countrysides Anthropological approaches to rural Western Europe today

A fresh anthropological look at a central but neglected topic: the profound changes in rural life throughout Western Europe today. As locals leave for jobs in cities they are replaced by neo-hippies, lifestyle-seekers, eco-activists, and labour migrants from beyond the EU. With detailed ethnographic...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: MacClancy, Jeremy (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press [2015]
Materias:
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427400806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of figures
  • List of contributors
  • 1. Alternative countrysides: anthropology and rural West Europe today
  • 2. A ‘private place’? Changing meanings of the countryside in northern Italy
  • 3. Environmental attitudes, community development, and local politics in Ireland
  • 4. Ethnic identity, power, compromise, and territory: ‘locals’ and ‘Moroccans’ in the Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux vineyards
  • 5. The new rural residents: emerging sociabilities in Alava, Basque Country
  • 6. Farms, flats, and villas: senses of country living in a Basque-speaking village
  • 7. The recuperation of Galician pottery: craft professions, cultural policies, and identity
  • 8. Fear and loving in the west of Ireland: the blows of County Clare
  • Index.