Experiencing dominion
Subtitle: culture, identity and power in the British Mediterranean
By: Thomas W. Gallant.
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Notre Dame, Ind
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Ionian Islands (Greece) -- Cultural policy -- History -- 19th century.; Ionian Islands (Greece) -- Civilization -- 19th century.; Ionian Islands (Greece) -- History -- 1815-1864.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-244) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER ONE; title: Introduction: The Ionian Islands; title: CHAPTER TWO; title: European Aborigines and Mediterranean Irish:; title: Identity, Cultural Stereotypes, and Colonial Rule; title: CHAPTER THREE; title: Creating "Western Civilization" on a Greek Island; title: CHAPTER FOUR; title: Indirect Rule and Indigenous Politics:; title: The Case of the Foundling Home on Kefallenia; title: CHAPTER FIVE; title: Turning the Horns: Cultural Metaphors, Material; title: Conditions, and the Peasant Language of Resistance; title: CHAPTER SIX; title: Dueling with Daggers:; title: Masculine Identity and Ritual Violence; title: CHAPTER SEVEN; title: "We're All Whores Here": Women, Slander,; title: and the Criminal Justice System; title: CHAPTER EIGHT; title: "We Are the Christians": Religion, Identity,; title: and Colonial Rule; title: CHAPTER NINE; title: The Imperial Encounter on the Ionian Islands:; title: A Summary.