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In addition to being a compelling family story, the book also vividly shows how extended families, like the one established by Giacomo and Maria, seem to defy the widely held beliefs concerning the alleged disintegrative effects of industrialism and consequent prosperity on family organisation.
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The House that Giacomo Built is the engaging story of the struggle, perseverance and success of an Italian working-class family to achieve its goal of stability and family unity. It begins with the unremittingly impoverished lives of Giulia and Giovanni Tassoni. We later follow the fortunes of Maria, their daughter and her husband Giacomo. They continue the struggle for a life of greater ease, which is eventually achieved when Giacomo builds the family a new house on a plot of seven acres won in a lottery, thereby transporting them into modern times. Industrialism in the area brings further prosperity to the family. In addition to being a compelling family story, the book also vividly shows how extended families, like the one established by Giacomo and Maria, seem to defy the widely held beliefs concerning the alleged disintegrative effects of industrialism and consequent prosperity on family organisation. Although they have achieved a relative affluence, members of Italian families like theirs do not seek independence from the family group but choose to remain together, without feeling that they are forfeiting their right to be individuals in their own way.
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The House that Giacomo Built is the engaging story of the struggle, perseverance, and success of an Italian working-class family in achieving its goals of stability and family unity. It begins with the relentlessly impoverished lives of Giovanni and Giulia in southern Italy at the turn of the century. We then follow the fortunes of their daughter, Maria, and her husband, Giacomo, and their four children, as they continue the struggle to achieve the greater prosperity that eventually becomes theirs. But as well as being a compelling family story, the book also reveals how extended families can defy the widely-held beliefs about the alleged disintegrative effects of industrialism and consequent prosperity on family organisation. In showing that the achievement of affluence does not necessarily entail the dissolution of strong family ties, as so often occurs in many modern industrial societies, it suggests a moral familism that will both shelter us from the world and open us up towards it.
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- VerlagCambridge University Press
- Erscheinungsdatum1985
- ISBN 10 0521301688
- ISBN 13 9780521301688
- EinbandTapa dura
- Anzahl der Seiten255
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