Ambivalent Europeans: Ritual, Memory and the Public Sphere in MaltaPsychology Press, 2002 - 275 pages 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. |
Contents
Chapter 1 Malta on the Margins of Europe A History of Ambivalence | 1 |
Chapter 2 Valletta Glory Decline Rehabilitation | 35 |
Chapter 3 Gendered Lives Women and Men in Valletta | 63 |
Chapter 4 Respectability and Consumption | 93 |
Chapter 5 Nostalgia and Modernisation | 121 |
Chapter 6 All Politicians are Bastards | 147 |
Chapter 7 Because
Were Pawlini Were MalteseA Contested Commemoration | 177 |
Chapter 8 Viva San Pawl | 211 |
Epilogue | 241 |
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