| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Tight knit. Ethnography -- Chinese immigration and the Made in Italy brand. Value -- Money -- Crisis -- Global circuits of care. Checkup -- Circulation -- The new politics of urban racism. Integration -- Action / with Massimo Bressan -- Conclusion. Futures. |
| Summary |
The coveted?Made in Italy? label calls to mind visions of nimble-fingered Italian tailors lovingly sewing elegant, high-end clothing. The phrase evokes a sense of authenticity, heritage, and rustic charm. Yet, as Elizabeth L. Krause uncovers in 'Tight Knit', Chinese migrants are the ones sewing?Made in Italy? labels into low-cost items for a thriving fast-fashion industry - all the while adding new patterns to the social fabric of Italy?s iconic industry. Krause offers a revelatory look into how families involved in the fashion industry are coping with globalization based on longterm research in Prato, the historic hub of textile production in the heart of metropolitan Tuscany. She brings to the fore the tensions - over value, money, beauty, family, care, and belonging?that are reaching a boiling point as the country struggles to deal with the same migration pressures that are triggering backlash all over Europe and North America. Tight Knit tells a fascinating story about the heterogeneity of contemporary capitalism that will interest social scientists, immigration experts, and anyone curious about how globalization is changing the most basic of human conditions - making a living and making a life. |
| Access |
Concurrent user level: Unlimited |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost All EBSCO eBooks |
| Provenance |
Gift of Paul and Mary Haas. |
| Subject |
Foreign workers, Chinese -- Italy -- Prato -- Social conditions.
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Foreign workers, Chinese. |
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Italy -- Prato. |
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Social conditions. |
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Clothing workers -- Italy -- Prato -- Social conditions.
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Clothing workers. |
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Immigrant families -- Italy -- Prato -- Social conditions.
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Immigrant families. |
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Immigrants -- Italy -- Social conditions.
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Immigrants. |
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Italy. |
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Clothing trade -- Social aspects -- Italy.
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Clothing trade -- Social aspects. |
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Clothing trade. |
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Globalization -- Social aspects -- Italy.
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Globalization -- Social aspects. |
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Italy -- Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.
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Emigration and immigration. |
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Social aspects. |
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Italy -- Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects.
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Prato (Italy) -- Ethnic relations.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bressan, Massimo.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Krause, Elizabeth L. Tight knit. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2018 9780226557915 (DLC) 2017051765 (OCoLC)1004268164 |
| ISBN |
9780226558103 (electronic book) |
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022655810X (electronic book) |
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9780226557915 |
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022655791X |
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9780226558073 |
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022655807X |
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