Silence as Violence in Traditional Sicily Omertà, or the law of silence, which we associate nowadays with the Mafia, was formerly a traditional peasant response to the violence they endured collectively or as individuals. The author underlines the reasons for the emergence of this peculiar form of aggression — «silence» — and its consequences on the antagonism between the peasants — «the berets» — and the landowners — «the hats» — with the help of six allegorical stories (parità) collected among the peasants of eastern Sicily by S. A. Guastella and published in 1884.V orner ta, ou loi du silence, que l'on associe désormais à la Mafia, faisait plutôt partie des réponses traditionnelles des paysans siciliens à la violence diffuse ou particu...
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Manifestations of Violence in Ammassalimiut Society (East Coast of Groenland) In the precarious ba...
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Cette étude concerne l'histoire de la littérature de mafia sicilienne et analyse le rapport existant...
The Mafia's communicational codes, whether written, unwritten, spoken or unspoken, demonstrate a sys...
The Mafia's communicational codes, whether written, unwritten, spoken or unspoken, demonstrate a sys...
Between 1979 and 1993, the history of Sicily and Italy was marked by a season of systematic violence...
The Mafia, State and Society in Sicily (Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries) Paolo Pezzino According...
Deborah Puccio-Den has conducted ethnographic research in Palermo since the mid-1990s, focusing on e...
Cette contribution introduit les cinq articles du numéro qui traitent de l’antimafia en analysant le...
This paper examines the nature of Cosa Nostra, how it exists in parallel to the State, the way it de...
Exploring Sicilian secular confessions, this essay discusses anthropological impasses on talk and si...
The Mafia’s long historical pedigree in Mezzogiorno, Southern Italy, has empowered the Mafioso as a ...
How to construct an ethnography about such a phenomenon as “the mafia,” shrouded in silence? What me...
Des études historiques récentes ont prêté une très grande attention à la vengeance dans l’Europe pré...
This article aims to speak sicilian instruments to combat anti-mafia in relation to "Le parole sono ...
Manifestations of Violence in Ammassalimiut Society (East Coast of Groenland) In the precarious ba...
Cet article étudie les formes de violence nobiliaire contre les communautés rurales dans la Castille...
Cette étude concerne l'histoire de la littérature de mafia sicilienne et analyse le rapport existant...
The Mafia's communicational codes, whether written, unwritten, spoken or unspoken, demonstrate a sys...
The Mafia's communicational codes, whether written, unwritten, spoken or unspoken, demonstrate a sys...
Between 1979 and 1993, the history of Sicily and Italy was marked by a season of systematic violence...
The Mafia, State and Society in Sicily (Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries) Paolo Pezzino According...
Deborah Puccio-Den has conducted ethnographic research in Palermo since the mid-1990s, focusing on e...
Cette contribution introduit les cinq articles du numéro qui traitent de l’antimafia en analysant le...
This paper examines the nature of Cosa Nostra, how it exists in parallel to the State, the way it de...
Exploring Sicilian secular confessions, this essay discusses anthropological impasses on talk and si...
The Mafia’s long historical pedigree in Mezzogiorno, Southern Italy, has empowered the Mafioso as a ...
How to construct an ethnography about such a phenomenon as “the mafia,” shrouded in silence? What me...
Des études historiques récentes ont prêté une très grande attention à la vengeance dans l’Europe pré...
This article aims to speak sicilian instruments to combat anti-mafia in relation to "Le parole sono ...
Manifestations of Violence in Ammassalimiut Society (East Coast of Groenland) In the precarious ba...
Cet article étudie les formes de violence nobiliaire contre les communautés rurales dans la Castille...