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Title:

SAINTS AND FIREWORKS
RELIGION AND POLITICS IN RURAL MALTA

By:

Jeremy Boissevain

Format:

Hardback

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£115.00

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ISBN 10:

1859738842

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9781859738849

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Publisher:

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC

Pub. date:

1 January, 1965

Series:

LSE Monographs on Social Anthropology v. 30

Pages:

208

Description:

Malta's independence was achieved despite a confusion of internal conflicts. The author examines the importance of the cults of saints and the bitter rivalry between them. Both in its description of village festive and political life and in the analysis of conflicts and factions, this book is a contribution to political anthropology.

Synopsis:

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.

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black & white illustrations

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Berg Publishers

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