A short history of Giglio's: occupational roles as play frames
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An Italian-American food market, Giglio's in Detroit, MI, uses play frames to create a fictive experience of Italy through the merchants' stylized behavior. The main focus of activity is at the counter where fresh meat and cheeses are sold in face-to-face transactions. Italian customers are perceived as being more aggressive and demanding than other customers. The play frames enact themes of practical ability in negotiating a bargain, display of prosperity, the expression of personal problems and self-reflexive play purely for entertainment.
Publication Name: Western Folklore
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0043-373X
Year: 1991
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Elitism, keeping secrets, and fly fishing in Utah
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An attempt is made to explore elitism in Utah fly fishing that was considered preliminary and tentative because the approach has some serious limitations. However, one of the most basic questions any study of fly fishing must address is to understand why practitioners spend time learning and practicing this difficult sport.
Publication Name: Western Folklore
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0043-373X
Year: 2004
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Boston's North End: Negotiating identity in an Italian American neighborhood
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The article describes about Italian-American community celebrating a variety of local origins that reflect the degrees of intercommunal differentiation between them.
Publication Name: Western Folklore
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0043-373X
Year: 2006
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