Corsican Fragments

Informationen zum Autor Matei Candea is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Durham University. He is editor of The Social after Gabriel Tarde: Debates and Assessments. Klappentext Candea's evocative and gracefully written account provides new insights into the dilemmas of understanding cultural difference and the difficulties and rewards of fieldwork. Zusammenfassung The island of Corsica has long been a popular destination for travelers in search of the European exotic, but it has also been a focus of French concerns about national unity and identity. Corsica is part of a vibrant Franco-Mediterranean social universe. This study of a Corsican village explores nationalism, language, kinship, and place. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Prologue: Roadmap 1. Arbitrary Location 2. Mystery 3. Place 4. Things 5. People 6. Languages 7. Knowing 8. Anonymous Introduction Notes Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Matei Candea, Candea Matei
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.07.2010
• EAN: 9780253221933
• ISBN: 978-0-253-22193-3
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 229 mm x 12 mm
• Series: New Anthropologies of Europe; New Anthropologies of Europe; New Anthropologies of Europe (
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories