MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE by Michael Wolraich Order today at Barnes & Noble / Amazon / Books-A-Million / Bookshop |
The Chinese residents of Prato have arguably revived the fading manufacturing city, which has the highest proportion of immigrants in Italy. Many companies are using inexpensive immigrant labor to manufacture handbags that bear the coveted “Made in Italy” label.
By D.T. Max @ NewYorker.com, for their April 16 print issue, available online now
Absolutely fascinating stress-of-globalization story. I daresay small town America hasn't had to deal with a culture shock this severe. Not that results are going swimmingly in Italy, far from it....
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‘Art Can Be as Effective as Surveillance Cameras’: Why an Italian High-Fashion Capital Is Commissioning Artists to Relieve Racial Tensions
The city of Prato has invited artists including Rainer Ganahl and Yoko Ono to help bridge the sociocultural divide between its Chinese and Italian populations.
By Naomi Rea @ Artnet.com, June 21, 2018
by artappraiser on Thu, 06/21/2018 - 4:26am