| City of Neighborhoods: Memory, Folklore, and Ethnic Place in Boston Contributor(s): Buccitelli, Anthony Bak (Author) |
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ISBN: 0299307107 ISBN-13: 9780299307103 Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press OUR PRICE: $61.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Folklore & Mythology - Social Science | Sociology - Urban - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 398.209 |
| LCCN: 2015036810 |
| Series: Folklore Stud in a Multicultural World |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.75 lbs) 240 pages |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: East Boston has long been known as an Italian neighborhood and Southie as an Irish one, while nearby North Quincy has seen in recent decades an influx of Chinese Americans and immigrants. Such urban spaces in America can become intimately intertwined with ethnic identities (Little Italy, Greektown, Chinatown, Little Havana). Yet local residents often readily acknowledge an underlying diversity--both historically and as a result of more recent changes--that complicates such stereotypes. Digging into the ever-shifting terrain of American ethnicity and urban spaces, Anthony Bak Buccitelli investigates folk practices, social memory, and local histories in three Boston-area neighborhoods. He looks at the ways locals represent their neighborhoods and themselves via events, symbols, stories, and landmarks, from the shamrock to the Chinese flag, whether the St. Patrick's Day parade in Southie or the Columbus Day parade in East Boston, from urban graffiti and websites to the Dorchester Heights Monument. City of Neighborhoods exposes the processes of selection and emphasis that produce, sustain, challenge, and change understandings of urban spaces as ethnic places. Honorable mention, Wayland Hand Prize for Folklore and History, American Folklore Society |