Jon P. Mitchell
Ambivalent Europeans examines the implications of living on the fringes of Europe. In Malta, public debate is dominated by the question of Europe, both at a policy level - whether or not to join the EU - and at the level of national identity - whether or not the Maltese are 'European'. Jon Mitchell identifies a profound ambivalence towards Europe, and also more broadly to the key processes of 'modernisation'. He traces this tendency through a number of key areas of social life - gender, the family, community, politics, religion and ritual.
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Anthropology and Europe is a hot topic (success of our title Building Europe)
Written as a teaching tool and is very accessible to students
Author is editor of our European Association of Social Anthropologists series and is well-known in European Anthropology
1. Malta on the Margins of Europe: A History of Ambivalence 2. Valletta: Glory, Decline, Rehabilitation 3. Gendered Lives: Women and Men in Malta 4. Respectability and Consumption 5. Nostalgia and Modernisation 6. All Politicians are Bastards 7. 'Because We're Pawlini, We're Maltese': A Contested Commemoration 8. Viva San Pawl!
Ambivalent Europeans examines the implications of living on the fringes of Europe. In Malta, public debate is dominated by the question of Europe, both at a policy level and at the level of national identity.
"This is a work to be commended for its complete approach to a festival commemorating Malta's patron saint that also addresses the ways in which ritual can express the ambivalence inherent in "Europeanization" in particular and modernity in general, subjects of interest to Europeanist anthropologist and beyond." - Andrea L. Smith, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
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'This book is a welcome addition to the social anthropology of Europe...it successfully walks a fine line between a detailed empirical analysis and theoretically informed discussion.' - Thomas M. Wilson, Nations and Nationalism
'Anyone will enjoy reading this book.'
'In sum, this is a work to be commended for its complete approach to a festival commemorating Malta's patron saint that also addresses the ways in which ritual can express the ambivalence inherent in 'Europeanization' in particular and modernity in general, subjects of interest to Europeanist anthropologists and beyond.' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Ambivalent Europeans examines the implications of living on the fringes of Europe. In Malta, public debate is dominated by the question of Europe, both at a policy level and at the level of national identity.
Über den Autor
Jon P. Mitchell
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Malta on the Margins of Europe: A History of Ambivalence 2. Valletta: Glory, Decline, Rehabilitation 3. Gendered Lives: Women and Men in Malta 4. Respectability and Consumption 5. Nostalgia and Modernisation 6. All Politicians are Bastards 7. 'Because We're Pawlini, We're Maltese': A Contested Commemoration 8. Viva San Pawl!
