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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      25 August 2009
      13 June 1996
      ISBN:
      9780511521034
      9780521560955
      9780521619844
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511521034
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.458kg, 224 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.342kg, 224 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social Theory, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology, Sociology
      Series:
      Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology (101)
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    Social Theory, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology, Sociology
    Series:
    Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology (101)
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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 from the 1930s to the present day. He argues that modernisation is not a secular, progressive process, that remodels the life of a society, ironing out local differences. Rather, it is a legitimising discourse. It is an idiom which Greek Cypriots employ to represent, and contest, relationships between social classes, old and young, men and women, city folk and villagers. At the same time, by involving modernisation, they are submitting to foreign standards, and accepting the symbolic domination of Europe.

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    "I have used this book in the classroom and received extremely positive feedback from students, who appreciate Argyrou's lucid expositions of theory and rich ethnographic descriptions. I recommend it highly." David Sutton, H-Net Reviews

    "The book will engage you....It is a book that should provoke some welcomed debate and a fresh perspective on otherwise tired issues. I have used this book in the classroom and received extremely positive feedback from students, who appreciate Argyrou's lucid expositions of theory and rich ethnographic descriptions. I recommend it highly." David Sutton, H-Net Reviews

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