Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean
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- 9780521619844
Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean is a marriage customs and rites, social change book by Vassos Argyrou.
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The subject of Vassos Argyrou's study is modernization, as reflected in the changing nature of wedding celebrations in Cyprus over two generations. He argues that modernization is not a process that makes a society "modern" but a legitimizing discourse. It is an idiom that Greek Cypriots employ to represent, and contest, relationships between social classes, old and young, men and women, the city and the village. It is also the way in which they conceptualize, and submit to, the symbolic domination of Europe.
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Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean is a Marriage customs and rites, Social change, Social classes, Manners and customs book.
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The subject of Vassos Argyrou's study is modernization, as reflected in the changing nature of wedding celebrations in Cyprus over two generations. He argues that modernization is not a process that makes a society "modern" but a legitimizing discourse. It is an idiom that Greek Cypriots employ to r...
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Tradition and Modernity in the Mediterranean was written by Vassos Argyrou.