Behaviour Codes in Sicily. Bypassing the Law
Focused on oral culture in western Sicily, this paper explores informal behaviour codes in their interaction with formal law. State-formation in Italy left people in peripheral areas to forge strategies of self-help and negotiate support from patrons (called “friends”). Ironically, the very networks...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Universität Freiburg
2010-08-01
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Series: | Behemoth : a Journal on Civilisation |
Online Access: | http://www.oldenbourg-link.com/doi/pdf/10.1524/behe.2010.0012 |