 Honour and Violence
ISBN: 978-0-7456-0449-7
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376 pages
February 2001, Polity
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Preface.
Introduction.
1. Social Banditry Reconsidered.
2. Bandits and Boundaries: The Case of the Bokkeryders.
3. Infamous Occupations.
4. Why Chimney Sweeps Bring Luck.
5. Blood Symbolism of Mafia.
6. The Meaning of 'Senseless' Violence.
7. The Narcissism of Minor Differences.
8. Explaining South-Italian Agro-Towns.
9. Nicknames as Symbolic Inversions.
10. Mediterranean Totemism:Rams and Billy Goats.
11. Female Rulers and Their Consorts.
12. Rediscovering Ars Moriendi.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
Introduction.
1. Social Banditry Reconsidered.
2. Bandits and Boundaries: The Case of the Bokkeryders.
3. Infamous Occupations.
4. Why Chimney Sweeps Bring Luck.
5. Blood Symbolism of Mafia.
6. The Meaning of 'Senseless' Violence.
7. The Narcissism of Minor Differences.
8. Explaining South-Italian Agro-Towns.
9. Nicknames as Symbolic Inversions.
10. Mediterranean Totemism:Rams and Billy Goats.
11. Female Rulers and Their Consorts.
12. Rediscovering Ars Moriendi.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.
