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Berghahn Books Contested Mediterranean Spaces Ethnographic Essays in Honour of Charles Tilly 2011 Edition by Maria Kousis, Tom Selwyn, David Clark
"It is well known that Charles Tilly left scholars of big structures, large processes, and huge comparisons a tall research agenda. It is less acknowledged that he also left political ethnographers an impressive and provocative set of tools. In the skilled hands of the contributors to this insightful volume, the 'Tilly toolbox' is put to good work in the service of a theory-driven and empirically-grounded exploration of Mediterranean contentious landscapes." - Javier Auyero, University of Texas, Austin; Editor, Qualitative Sociology "Contested Mediterranean Spaces rescues a cultural geography from the essentialist circularities to which it was once often reduced. These authors examine how circum-Mediterranean identities, at every level from the clan to the nation-state, exhibit the complex impact of ideological and political manipulation. They show how this hothouse of Europe's self-ascribed cultural origins has been characteristically prey to spatial cleansing, gentrification, and bigotry; they also document a regional activism that seeks more tolerant and environmentally benign futures. By problematizing the political and intellectual manipulations as well as the ideological tensions that inform such revivals of the Mediterranean as category and concept, they persuasively refurbish a tired regionalism with refreshing critical and comparative interest." - Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University; Author of Evicted from Eternity: The Restructuring of Rome Table of contents :- PrefaceIntroductionMaria Kousis, Tom Selwyn and David ClarkPART I: RECOVERING THE MEDITERRANEANChapter 1. On Bureaucratic Essentialism: Constructing the Mediterranean in European Union InstitutionsVasiliki YiakoumakiChapter 2. European 'Securitisation Policies' and the Southern 'Fortress-Europe'Minas SamatasChapter 3. Locating the 'Mediterranean' in Music: The Medi-Terra music festivalEleni KallimopoulouPART II: STATE, CAPITAL AND RESISTANCEChapter 4. Spaces of War, spaces of Memory: Popular expressions of politics in post-war BeirutSune HaugbolleChapter 5. Environmentalists in Malta: The growing voice of civil societyJeremy Boissevain and Caroline GattChapter 6. Governing Coastal Biodiversity: Caretta caretta in Zakynthos and CreteMaria Kousis and Katerina PsarikidouPART III: CAPITAL AND NEIGHBOURHOOD GOVERNANCEChapter 7. Contested Politics of the Mediterranean: Star Street and the struggle for development in Bethlehem CarolSansour Dabdoub and Carol Zoughbi-JaninehChapter 8. Contentious Politics at a Bosphorus Neighbourhood: Perspectives on conflict and solidarity during the 20th CenturyGunham Danisman and Ismail UEstunChapter 9. Playing Snakes and Ladders in Ciutat de Mallorca: An ethnographic approach to the production of the neighbourhood scaleMarc A. Morell and Jaume FranquesaPART IV: TRANSFORMING IDENTITIES: IMAGINATION AND REPRESENTATIONSChapter 10. Ethnicised inter-religious conflicts in contemporary Granada, SpainJavier Roson Lorente and Gunther DietzChapter 11. Governance, Alliance and Resistance: Jewish museums in ItalyDavid ClarkChapter 12. The Making of Home away from Home: The Role of Ethno-cultural Festivals in contesting local spacesElia VardakiChapter 13. Tears on the Border: The case of Rachel's Tomb, Bethlehem, PalestineTom SelwynList of ContributorsBibliographyIndex