Tempus de Baristas

Alternative title: Time of the Barmen
Synopsis: Depicts a fast-disappearing way of life - that of goat-herders in the mountains of eastern Sardinia. Three generations are seen: Pietro, a teenager, is thinking of going on to secondary school to study hotel management, an aim his 62-year-old father Franchisco supports, although he would also like him to stay in the mountains. Miminu, a 43-year-old friend, loves the life but is struggling to make a living, and still unmarried, faces increasing isolation. The film shows aspects of the transformation of pastoral communities by the squeeze of falling prices for produce, coupled with the attraction of social mobility out of pastoralism via education, or the shorter hours of conventional jobs.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 100 min.
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Anthropology
Keywords: goats; rural communities; Sardinia; social life and customs

Name: Royal Anthropological Institute
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Notes: The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.

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