Ambivalent Europeans: Ritual, Memory and the Public Sphere in MaltaAmbivalent 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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Contents
xvi | 1 |
Valletta Glory Decline Rehabilitation | 35 |
Gendered Lives Women and Men in Valletta | 63 |
Respectability and Consumption | 93 |
Nostalgia and Modernisation | 121 |
All Politicians are Bastards | 147 |
Because Were Pawlini Were Maltese A Contested Commemoration | 177 |
Viva San Pawl | 211 |
Epilogue | 241 |
| 245 | |
| 265 | |
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| Title | Ambivalent Europeans: Ritual, Memory and the Public Sphere in Malta |
| Author | Jon P. Mitchell |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Psychology Press, 2002 |
| ISBN | 0415271533, 9780415271530 |
| Length | 275 pages |
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