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Record Nr.

UNINA9910136665303321

Autore

Gallant Thomas W

Titolo

Experiencing Dominion : Culture, Identity, and Power in the British Mediterranean / / Thomas W. Gallant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Indiana : , : University of Notre Dame Press, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

0-268-15960-2

0-268-15961-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

303.482

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Ionian Islands (Greece) History 1815-1864

Ionian Islands (Greece) Civilization 19th century

Ionian Islands (Greece) Cultural policy History 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-244) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE -- Introduction: The Ionian Islands -- CHAPTER TWO -- European Aborigines and Mediterranean Irish: -- Identity, Cultural Stereotypes, and Colonial Rule -- CHAPTER THREE -- Creating "Western Civilization" on a Greek Island -- CHAPTER FOUR -- Indirect Rule and Indigenous Politics: -- The Case of the Foundling Home on Kefallenia -- CHAPTER FIVE -- Turning the Horns: Cultural Metaphors, Material -- Conditions, and the Peasant Language of Resistance -- CHAPTER SIX -- Dueling with Daggers: -- Masculine Identity and Ritual Violence -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- "We're All Whores Here": Women, Slander, -- and the Criminal Justice System -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- "We Are the Christians": Religion, Identity, -- and Colonial Rule -- CHAPTER NINE -- The Imperial Encounter on the Ionian Islands: -- A Summary.