From Duty to Desire: Remaking Families in a Spanish Village (Princeton Studies in Culture, Power, History)

by JaneFishburneCollier (Author)

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  1997

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  Notes that when inheritance appeared to determine social status, villagers protected family reputations and properties by demonstrating concern for 'what others might say'. This book traces shifts in the meaning of 'tradition', suggesting that although 'modern' people cannot 'be' traditional, they must have traditions to produce themselves.