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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Main Author: Anton Blok
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Universität Freiburg 2010-08-01
Series:Behemoth : a Journal on Civilisation
Online Access:http://www.oldenbourg-link.com/doi/pdf/10.1524/behe.2010.0012