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El Castillo: The Politics of Tradition in an Andalusian Town
Richard Maddox
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Description for El Castillo: The Politics of Tradition in an Andalusian Town
paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 534. Weight in Grams: 495.
In his innovative ethnographic history of the southwestern Spanish town of Aracena, Richard Maddox explores how tradition has been authored, what it has authorized, and to what extent it has been authoritative. His investigation of the cultural, political, and religious discourses and practices of various socioeconomic groups in Aracena offers a richly detailed view of how both leading citizens and ordinary townspeople have interpreted, used, and contested traditions over the last three centuries.
Maddox argues that we can best understand culture in complex societies by taking into account the ways in which institutionally generated discourses and practices ... Read more
In his innovative ethnographic history of the southwestern Spanish town of Aracena, Richard Maddox explores how tradition has been authored, what it has authorized, and to what extent it has been authoritative. His investigation of the cultural, political, and religious discourses and practices of various socioeconomic groups in Aracena offers a richly detailed view of how both leading citizens and ordinary townspeople have interpreted, used, and contested traditions over the last three centuries.
Maddox argues that we can best understand culture in complex societies by taking into account the ways in which institutionally generated discourses and practices ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252063398
SKU
V9780252063398
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About Richard Maddox
Richard Maddox is an assistant professor of anthropology at Augustana College.
Reviews for El Castillo: The Politics of Tradition in an Andalusian Town
Winner of the President's Book Award of the Social Science History Association, 1991. Winner of the Robert E. Park Award given by the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association, 1994.