Description |
xiii, 275 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Ch. 1. Malta on the Margins of Europe - A History of Ambivalence -- Ch. 2. Valletta - Glory, Decline, Rehabilitation -- Ch. 3. Gendered Lives - Women and Men in Valletta -- Ch. 4. Respectability and Consumption -- Ch. 5. Nostalgia and Modernisation -- Ch. 6. All Politicians are Bastards -- Ch. 7. 'Because We're Pawlini, We're Maltese' - A Contested Commemoration -- Ch. 8. Viva San Pawl! |
Summary |
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. [from publisher's advertisement] |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-264) and index |
Subject |
European Union -- Relations -- Malta.
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European Union -- Malta.
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National characteristics, Maltese.
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Group identity -- Malta.
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SUBJECT |
Malta http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79145770 -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590 -- European Union
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LC no. |
2001049060 |
ISBN |
0415271533 paperback |
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0415271525 hardback |
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