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The Broken Fountain: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition (Columbia Classics in Anthropology) (Columbia Classics in Anthropology)
enlarge	Author: Thomas Belmonte; Ida (fwd) Susser Publisher: Columbia University Press Category: Book List Price: ~~$25.00~~ Buy Used: $4.90 You Save: $20.10 (80%) New (14) Used (21) from $4.90 Format: Special Edition Media: Paperback Edition: 2 Expanded Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 280 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8 Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 0.7 ISBN: 0231133715 Dewey Decimal Number: 306.094573 EAN: 9780231133715 ASIN: 0231133715 Publication Date: April 8, 2005 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: Crisp, clean, unread 25th Anniversary Edition paperback with very light shelfwear and a remainder mark to one edge - NICE!

Editorial Reviews: Product Description PBelmonte describes Fontana del Re, an impoverished Neapolitan neighborhood, documenting the struggles of Neapolitans surrounded by crumbling buildings and economic insecurity. Resisting standard depictions of the social and moral lives of the poor, Belmonte presents nuanced portraits of his subjects. He was also one of the first anthropologists to reflect on his own reactions and emotions. He describes the traumatic experience of living alone in a strange urban environment and his social interactions with the residents of Fontana del Re./P

Customer Reviews: wowie... October 30, 2004 1 out of 2 found this review helpful I have this book in a socialsience method class, and for that i am realy glad! This book is writen with such understanding, and such respect. He could have choosen an easy way and just written what he saw and assume about all he doesn't see or know. Like about the family he get's to know, he even mentions it himself, that he could have just assumed that all familys in Naples in this area and in other poor areas, are the same, and that the family structure and habits and behaviours are the same, but he doesn't, he tells you all he sees, and all he gets to know, and he tells you what he doesn't know, he uses other peoples work and what they have found to compleet his own. I undrestand why we have it on the book list!! cause it is so valid, he has done an amazing job. Also this book is so well writen that it's almost like a novel, i sometimes caught myself in forgetting that this has happend, its none fiction. This book is really worth a read! it's worth both your time and money... and the thoughts you might sit with after wards! Kudos To You MR. Belmonte, this is one WELL writen book, with insight, understading and truth. A Must-Read! September 21, 2003 Belmonte's book should be require reading for all Anthropology students as well as those interested in Naples life, before graduating college. As an ethnography, Belmonte writes an excellent detail account of life in poor Naples. He makes you see Naples through the eyes of the people in his book and not by those glossy travel brochures. Not just for Intro level Anthropology students.... September 10, 2000 1 out of 3 found this review helpful Belmontes field study of Urban poor of Naples Italy makes great reading. Belmonte writes as a chemist would, capturing the kind of graphic detail that puts you right at the head of a Neapolitan famly's table at Sunday dinner. Watch that knife! Belmonte's Naples is filled with unforgettable people in an unforgettable place. Excellent, and enthralling December 17, 1998 2 out of 3 found this review helpful Thomas Belmonte brings the reader into the book. He doesn't simply write a sob story about those in Naples, yet he writes about the bare-truth and amazingly highlights the implications for the poverty. A must read for anyone who needs an understanding of unfair world systems. Powerful summary of the way of naples poor May 5, 1998 3 out of 12 found this review helpful Thomas was my cousin. He was always an amazing person to be around. He died a few years ago from a disease called AIDS. He was a very brave man. He was not a man dying with AIDS, he was a man living with AIDS. Throughout his lifetime, Tommy was a very devoted man. He was a caring generous person. He is greatly missed.

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