Saints and Fireworks : Religion and Politics in Rural Malta (LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology)

Boissevain, Jeremy

Routledge（2021/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 180 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780367717087
• DDC分類 320.94585

Full Description

Malta's recent independence was achieved despite a confusion of internal conflicts which must appear puzzling to the outsider. Socialists and Nationalists clash both with each other, and with a Church whose authority is almost medieval. Dr Boissevain has lived for more than two years in Malta and has studied at first hand the conflicting groups in the villages. He examines the importance of the cults of saints and the bitter rivalry between them. The clash of the Church and Labour clubs within the villages and the difficult role of the parish priest are analysed in the framework of Maltese ecclesiastical and secular politics. Both in its vivid description of village festive and political life and in the careful analysis of conflicts and factions, the book makes an important contribution to political anthropology.

Contents

THE BACKGROUND I THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: STATE, CHURCH AND POLITICAL PARTY 15 THE VILLAGES AND THEIR INHABITANTS 27 THE BASIS OF LEADERSHIP 40 THE CHURCH AND VILLAGE POLITICS 55 FESTA PARTITI 74 NATIONAL POLITICS AND THE VILLAGE. 97 THE VILLAGE AND THE OUTSIDE WORLD 120 CONCLUSION 134 APPENDICES: A. Festa and Band Club Partiti 141 B. 1962 Electoral Manifesto of the Malta Labour Party 143 BIBLIOGRAPHY 145 OTHER WORKS CITED 148 INDEX 149