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Feuding, Conflict and Banditry in Nineteenth-century Corsica
Stephen Wilson
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Paperback. A study of vendetta and banditry, applying insights from the field of social anthropology. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDFC; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 840.
Corsica is associated in many people's minds with vendetta and banditry, but these phenomena have not been studied systematically. Using accounts by visitors and officials and particularly judicial records, this book provides such a study for the nineteenth century. Accounts of specific feuds lasting over many generations are given, including that which inspired Mérimée's Colomba, and the whole phenomenon is set in its proper context of competition for scarce material resources and power in a traditional agro-pastoral society. Attitudes to death and the dead are examined, and reveal a divergence between local practice and belief and official Christianity, and the ... Read more
Corsica is associated in many people's minds with vendetta and banditry, but these phenomena have not been studied systematically. Using accounts by visitors and officials and particularly judicial records, this book provides such a study for the nineteenth century. Accounts of specific feuds lasting over many generations are given, including that which inspired Mérimée's Colomba, and the whole phenomenon is set in its proper context of competition for scarce material resources and power in a traditional agro-pastoral society. Attitudes to death and the dead are examined, and reveal a divergence between local practice and belief and official Christianity, and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521522649
SKU
V9780521522649
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