Factions, Friends and Feasts : : Anthropological Perspectives on the Mediterranean / / Jeremy Boissevain.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Boissevain, Jeremy,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)

Drawing on field research in Malta, Sicily and among Italian emigrants in Canada, this book explores the social influence of the Mediterranean climate and the legacy of ethnic and religious conflict from the past five decades. Case studies illustrate the complexity of daily life not only in the region but also in more remote academe, by analysing the effects of fierce family loyalty, emigration and the social consequences of factionalism, patronage and the friends-of-friends networks that are widespread in the region. Several chapters discuss the social and environmental impact of mass tourism, how locals cope, and the paradoxical increase in religious pageantry and public celebrations. The discussions echo changes in the region and the related development of the author’s own interests and engagement with prevailing issues through his career.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Introduction -- Patterns -- Chapter 1. Seasonal Variations on Some Mediterranean Themes -- Chapter 2. Unhealed Scars: Religious and Ethnic Diversity around the Mediterranean -- Communities -- Chapter 3. Factions, Parties and Politics in a Maltese Village -- Chapter 4. Poverty and Politics in a Sicilian Agro-town -- Chapter 5. The Italians of Montreal -- Questions and Puzzles -- Chapter 6. The Place of Non-corporate Groups -- Chapter 7. Towards a Sociology of Social Anthropology -- Chapter 8. Beyond the Community: Social Process in Europe -- Chapter 9. Of Men and Marbles: Reconsidering Factionalism -- Chapter 10. When the Saints Go Marching Out: Reflections on the Decline of Patronage in Malta -- Ritual, Insiders and Outsiders -- Chapter 11. Ritual and Tourism: Culture by the Pound? -- Chapter 12. Revitalizing European Rituals -- Chapter 13. ‘But We Live Here!’: Perspectives on Cultural Tourism -- Chapter 14. Insiders and Outsiders: Mass Tourism in Southern Europe -- Chapter 15. Tourists, Developers and Civil Society -- Reflections -- Chapter 16. On Predicting the Future: Second Thoughts on the Decline of Feasts and Patrons -- Bibliography -- Index