Market day in Provence
By: Michèle de La Pradelle ; translated by Amy Jacobs.
Series: Fieldwork encounters and discoveries
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 266
Subjects: Markets -- France -- Carpentras -- Social aspects.; Fairs -- France -- Carpentras -- Social aspects.; Carpentras (France) -- Commerce -- Social aspects.; Carpentras (France) -- Economic conditions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Translation of: Les vendredis de Carpentras: faire son marché, en Provence ou ailleurs.
Table of contents: title: Foreword to the American edition, by Jack Katz; title: Introduction; title: The market stage; title: City tour; title: Well-ordered chaos; title: An economy of enticement; title: The art of taking one's time; title: Familiar strangers; title: Delights of free trade; title: Commerce of the imaginary; title: "The customer doesn't go by price here"; title: "Pumpkins are rounder at the market"; title: "Let me have some pâté, but your pâté"; title: "I sell Provence"; title: Ordinary authenticity; title: The truffle circle; title: Pleasure of the agora; title: Equality of opportunity; title: All at the market, all in the same boat; title: In full view; title: Generalized friendship; title: Identity on offer; title: "Do you still make those little caillettes of yours?"; title: In the forebears' footsteps; title: Conclusion: a moment of utopia.