Saggio sulla fortuna. Le casualità fortuite nelle traiettorie biografiche delle giovani milanesi

<p>The topic of luck has recently attracted new interest in anthropological literature, focusing on its role in understanding economic cosmologies. Lucky chances stand out in comparative perspective as a crucial cultural theme in contemporary western society, where the notion that unpredictabi...

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Main Author: Edda Orlandi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CLUEB 2018-09-01
Series:EtnoAntropologia
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Online Access:http://www.rivisteclueb.it/riviste/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/282
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spelling doaj-9eec3a82161a4741a076264e188f63312020-11-25T03:41:25ZengCLUEBEtnoAntropologia2284-01762018-09-0161209230250Saggio sulla fortuna. Le casualità fortuite nelle traiettorie biografiche delle giovani milanesiEdda Orlandi0Dipartimento di Scienze Sociali e Politiche, Università degli Studi di Milano<p>The topic of luck has recently attracted new interest in anthropological literature, focusing on its role in understanding economic cosmologies. Lucky chances stand out in comparative perspective as a crucial cultural theme in contemporary western society, where the notion that unpredictability is a key feature of the social world is emphasized. I explore this topic in a research based on in-depth interviews with young women having finished education during the post-crisis years in Milan. A comparison is drawn between the narratives of university educated women and women who left school early.</p>http://www.rivisteclueb.it/riviste/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/282luckchanceuncertaintyyouthwomen
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title Saggio sulla fortuna. Le casualità fortuite nelle traiettorie biografiche delle giovani milanesi
title_short Saggio sulla fortuna. Le casualità fortuite nelle traiettorie biografiche delle giovani milanesi
title_full Saggio sulla fortuna. Le casualità fortuite nelle traiettorie biografiche delle giovani milanesi
title_fullStr Saggio sulla fortuna. Le casualità fortuite nelle traiettorie biografiche delle giovani milanesi
title_full_unstemmed Saggio sulla fortuna. Le casualità fortuite nelle traiettorie biografiche delle giovani milanesi
title_sort saggio sulla fortuna. le casualità fortuite nelle traiettorie biografiche delle giovani milanesi
publisher CLUEB
series EtnoAntropologia
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publishDate 2018-09-01
description <p>The topic of luck has recently attracted new interest in anthropological literature, focusing on its role in understanding economic cosmologies. Lucky chances stand out in comparative perspective as a crucial cultural theme in contemporary western society, where the notion that unpredictability is a key feature of the social world is emphasized. I explore this topic in a research based on in-depth interviews with young women having finished education during the post-crisis years in Milan. A comparison is drawn between the narratives of university educated women and women who left school early.</p>
topic luck
chance
uncertainty
youth
women
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