"Waldren's engaging book is carefully crafted ... a superior guide
to both the structure and meaning of community and the pleasures of
daily life." . Choice
..". solid accounts of the concepts and social practices related
to the casa ... patronage, and social hierarchy ... Waldren] also
devotes attention to some less traditional concerns, such as
gender, conceptions of social space, tourism, and economic
development." . American Anthropologist
The indigenous population of Deia has lived side by side with
increasing numbers of foreigners over the past century, and what
has occurred there over this period offers an example of how the
population of one Mediterranean village has gained full advantage
from the economic opportunities opened up by foreign investments,
without losing the fabric of social relations, the meaning and
values of their culture. Deia has been able to continue as a
community with its own symbolic boundaries and identity, not in
spite of the outsiders (some of whom are well-known literary
personalities, artists and musicians) but because of their
presence. This study shows how, under the impact of wars,
migration, national politics, global economic and technological
developments and especially tourism, the categories of Insider and
Outsider are contracted and expanded, and reinterpreted to fit the
constantly changing "reality" of the society; they assume different
meanings at different times. The conflicts and resulting
compromises over a hundred-year period have provided a sense of
history that allows each group to define, develop, adapt and
sustain their sense of belonging to their own communities.
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