The Hard People: Rivalry, Sympathy and Social Structure in an Alpine Valley / Edition 1

by Patrick Heady

Overview

Heady draws on both participant observation and interviews with older informants to trace the effects of recent exogenous technological and institutional changes, and the way local people have responded to them. His findings relate to such themes of recent history as nationalism, regionalism and anti-clericalism; and contribute to the theoretical debate on the relevance of structuralist anthropology to European societies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789057023415
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/23/1999
Series:	Studies in Anthropology and History
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Practical Organisation of Village Life; Chapter 3 Rivalry and Cohesion: Envy, Sympathy and Divergent Fortunes; Chapter 4 Communication, Strength and Boundaries; Chapter 5 Property, Work and Sacrifice; Chapter 6 Marriage and Village Unity; Chapter 7 Social Relationships and Nature Symbolism; Chapter 8 Stability and Change: Carnian Society as a Feedback Mechanism; Chapter 9 Regional Identity and Nationalism; Chapter 10 Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

Based on field work in 22 villages of Carnia, a mountainous zone in the Friuli region of extreme northeast Italy. Explores such aspects as the practical organization of village life; communication, strength, and boundaries; social relationships and nature symbolism; Carnian society as a feedback mechanism; and regional identity and nationalism. Developed from a doctoral thesis in social anthropology at the London School of Economics (no date mentioned). Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

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