Honor and Shame and the Unity of the Mediterranean

by David D. Gilmore (Editor)

"A stimulating reflection on the utility of the honor/shame model" Kertzer American Anthropologist "This volume is thus especially significant and timely, and should be recognized as generally important for anthropologists, regardless of their particular ethnographic concerns." Saunders Anthropological Quarterly Gilmore provides new, comparable data on Peristiany's paradigm, "honor and shame." He reexamines fundamental assumptions about Mediterranean unity made on the basis of the original honor/shame model. TABLE OF CONTENTS The Shame of Dishonor by David D Gilmore Family and State in the Mediterranean by John Davis Seeds of Honor, Fields of Shame by Carol Delaney "Horsemen are the Fence of the Land" Honor and History among the Ghiyata of Eastern Morocco by Michael A Marcus Female Chastity Codes in the Comparative Perspectives by Maureen J Giovanni "As in Your Own House" Hospitality, Ethnography, and the Stereotype of Mediterranean Society by Michael Herzfeld Honor, Honesty, Male Status in Contemporary Andalusia by David D Gilmore Shame, Family, and State in Catalonia and Japan by Mariko Asano-Tamanoi Reflections on Honor and Shame in the Mediterranean by Stanley Brandes

142 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Miguel Gonzalez-Feliciano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although highly theoretical, this collection of essays from 1987 sheds light on interesting trends in different places of the Mediterranean. Anyone even remotely interested in anthropology, the Mediterranean, or shame and honor cultures will enjoy this read.