Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean The Wedding as Symbolic Struggle by Vassos Argyrou
Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean The Wedding as Symbolic Struggle (Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology) by Vassos Argyrou
English | 1996 | ISBN: 0521560950 | 223 pages | PDF | 7.23 MB
English | 1996 | ISBN: 0521560950 | 223 pages | PDF | 7.23 MB
The subject of Vassos Argyrou's study is modernization, as reflected in the changing nature of wedding celebrations in Cyprus over two generations. He argues that modernization is not a secular, progressive process that remodels the life of a society, ironing out local differences. Rather, it is an idiom–a legitimizing discourse–in which Cypriots represent, and contest, relationships among social classes, old and young, men and women, city folk and villagers. At the same time, by involving modernization, they are submitting to foreign standards, and accepting the symbolic domination of Europe.
Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean The Wedding as Symbolic Struggle by Vassos Argyrou
