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Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean: The Wedding as Symbolic Struggle - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Argyrou, Vassos (College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts)
Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean: The Wedding as Symbolic Struggle - Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
Argyrou, Vassos (College of the Holy Cross, Massachusetts)
The subject of Vassos Argyrou's study is modernisation, as reflected in the changing nature of wedding celebrations in Cyprus over two generations. He argues that modernisation is not a process that makes a society 'modern', but a legitimising discourse.
224 pages, 12 b/w illus.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 17, 2005 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521619844 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 224 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 13 mm · 340 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Fortes, Meyer |
| Series Editor | Goody, Jack |
| Series Editor | Leach, Edmund |
| Series Editor | Tambiah, Stanley Jeyaraja |