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This is the first study of Europe post-1989 from an anthropological
perspective. Thirteen distinguished authors examine the social,
cultural and political implications of European integration with
particular emphasis on changing European identities, concepts of
citizenship and levels of participation. Their aim is to suggest an
agenda for future research capable of addressing developing trends
in contemporary Europe. The book is divided into two parts. The
first deals with major theoretical issues that have characterized
the anthropological study of Europe and includes a detailed
introductory chapter which charts the history of anthropology in
Europe and considers the prospects for an anthropology of Europe.
This is followed by key themes in the study of European society and
culture including kinship, gender, nationalism, immigration and
changing patterns of production. The second section develops these
themes further using different theoretical perspectives to explain
complex issues such as nationalism, ethnic identities, and
sectarian conflicts. Nine case studies cover a wide range of
contemporary topics including European integration and Irish
nationalism, the transmission of ethnic identity, and identity and
conflict in the former Yugoslavia and post-colonial Gibraltar. This
book fills a gap in the literature on European integration and will
be of interest to anthropologists and sociologists as well as
students of Political Science, Communications and European Studies.
Breaking new ground in Mediterreanean anthropology, this book
rejects the discipline's traditional focus on honour and shame in
small face-to-face communities, and suggests instead that gender
and sexuality interact with material processes in the constitution
of personal and social identities. In this ethnographic account of
the labour market in Naples, the author shows how cultural
definitions of gender can be used to investigate broad social
processes. Scarce stable employment in the area means that
household members are forced to diversify their economic activities
in order to survive. Petty entrepreneurship is an option which is
almost exclusively available to men. Women, who are either unable
or unwilling to obtain factory work, are generally confined to the
status of outworkers. The author emphasises that individual choices
cannot be attributed solely to economic opportunities but that
concepts of selfhood, gender identity and the symbolic value of
female sexuality are also important.
Breaking new ground in Mediterreanean anthropology, this book
rejects the discipline's traditional focus on honour and shame in
small face-to-face communities, and suggests instead that gender
and sexuality interact with material processes in the constitution
of personal and social identities. In this ethnographic account of
the labour market in Naples, the author shows how cultural
definitions of gender can be used to investigate broad social
processes. Scarce stable employment in the area means that
household members are forced to diversify their economic activities
in order to survive. Petty entrepreneurship is an option which is
almost exclusively available to men. Women, who are either unable
or unwilling to obtain factory work, are generally confined to the
status of outworkers. The author emphasises that individual choices
cannot be attributed solely to economic opportunities but that
concepts of selfhood, gender identity and the symbolic value of
female sexuality are also important.
This is the first study of Europe post-1989 from an anthropological
perspective. Thirteen distinguished authors examine the social,
cultural and political implications of European integration with
particular emphasis on changing European identities, concepts of
citizenship and levels of participation. Their aim is to suggest an
agenda for future research capable of addressing developing trends
in contemporary Europe. The book is divided into two parts. The
first deals with major theoretical issues that have characterized
the anthropological study of Europe and includes a detailed
introductory chapter which charts the history of anthropology in
Europe and considers the prospects for an anthropology of Europe.
This is followed by key themes in the study of European society and
culture including kinship, gender, nationalism, immigration and
changing patterns of production. The second section develops these
themes further using different theoretical perspectives to explain
complex issues such as nationalism, ethnic identities, and
sectarian conflicts. Nine case studies cover a wide range of
contemporary topics including European integration and Irish
nationalism, the transmission of ethnic identity, and identity and
conflict in the former Yugoslavia and post-colonial Gibraltar. This
book fills a gap in the literature on European integration and will
be of interest to anthropologists and sociologists as well as
students of Political Science, Communications and European Studies.
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