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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799948503321

Autore

Delamont Sara <1947, >

Titolo

Appetites and identities : an introduction to the social anthropology of Western Europe / / Sara Delamont

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995

ISBN

1-134-92473-9

1-280-35484-4

1-134-92474-7

0-203-41351-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 254 p.)

Disciplina

306.4/094

Soggetti

Ethnology - Europe

Europe Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Transferred to digital printing.

Originally published: 1995.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-244) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Travellers on a hill -- Introduction to the social anthropology of western Europe -- chapter 2 The golden oranges -- Food, appetites and identity -- chapter 3 The vines that trail -- Farming and fishing in western Europe -- chapter 4 The trampled garden -- Invasion, refugees, migrants and tourists -- chapter 5 The smokeless homes -- Peripheral regions in western Europe -- chapter 6 Towns with towers: the city as symbol and the neighbourhood as home -- The city as symbol and the neighbourhood as -- chapter 7 And with great lies -- Politics, patronage and leadership -- chapter 8 Turned in prayer -- Religion, magic, science and the supernatural -- chapter 9 The gossips of the town -- Sex and gender in contemporary Europe -- chapter 10 All Babel tongues -- Language and identity in Europe -- chapter 11 Ringed with a lake of fire -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Provides an introduction to the social anthropology of Western Europe. It covers food, migration, politics, urban and country life, magic, religion, sex and language in an accessible fashion, introducing the student to aspects of the anthropology of contemporary European culture.