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Author Mitchell, Jon P.

Title Ambivalent Europeans : ritual, memory, and the public sphere in Malta / Jon P. Mitchell
Published New York : Routledge, 2001

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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.
European Union -- Malta.
National characteristics, Maltese.
Group identity -- Malta.
SUBJECT Malta http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79145770 -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00007590 -- European Union
LC no. 2001049060
ISBN 0415271533 paperback
0415271525 hardback