{"product_id":"honour-and-violence-9780745604497","title":"Honour and Violence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnton Blok combines anthropology and history in a comparative exploration of the links between honour and violence in widely different settings. He draws on material from two interrelated projects: micro--studies of the rural mafia in Sicily, and banditry in the Dutch republic, each set in its historical context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In this sparkling and provocative collection of essays, Anton Blok contributes to our understanding of social processes and cultural categories over the centuries. Through startling examples - the chimney sweep, popular bandits, the symbolism of the billy goat, the uses of nicknames, and more - Blok gives us new ways to think about the paradoxes of the human condition, past and present.\" \u003ci\u003eNatalie Zemon Davis, Princeton University.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Blok truly refreshes our thinking' \u003ci\u003eEthnos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Social Banditry Reconsidered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Bandits and Boundaries: The Case of the Bokkeryders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Infamous Occupations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Why Chimney Sweeps Bring Luck.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Blood Symbolism of Mafia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Meaning of 'Senseless' Violence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Narcissism of Minor Differences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Explaining South-Italian Agro-Towns.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Nicknames as Symbolic Inversions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Mediterranean Totemism:Rams and Billy Goats.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Female Rulers and Their Consorts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Rediscovering Ars Moriendi.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767971578199,"sku":"9780745604497","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745604497.jpg?v=1758715738","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/honour-and-violence-9780745604497","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}