Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean The Wedding as Symbolic Struggle |
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| Author:
| Argyrou, Vassos |
| Contribution by:
| Fortes, Meyer
Leach, Edmund
Tambiah, Stanley
Goody, Jack |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-56095-5 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1996 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $121.00 |
Book Description:
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The subject of Vassos Argyrou's study is modernisation, as reflected in the changing nature of wedding celebrations in Cyprus over two generations. He argues that modernisation is not a process that makes a society 'modern', but a legitimising discourse.
The subject of Vassos Argyrou's study is modernisation, as reflected in the changing nature of wedding celebrations in Cyprus over two generations. He argues that modernisation is not a process that makes a society 'modern', but a legitimising discourse.