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Seeking Sicily : a cultural journey through myth and reality in the heart of the Mediterranean / John Keahey.

Title
Seeking Sicily : a cultural journey through myth and reality in the heart of the Mediterranean / John Keahey.
Author
Keahey, John
Publication
New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, 2011.

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Description
xvii, 312 p. : ill.; 22 cm.
Summary
Explores the unique culture of Sicily, discussing its history, archaeology, food, the Mafia, and politics.
Subject
  • Keahey, John > Travel > Sicily
  • National characteristics, Sicilian
  • Sicily (Italy) > Description and travel
  • Sicily (Italy) > Social life and customs
  • Sicily (Italy) > Intellectual life
Genre/Form
Travel writing
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
"A leopard in very bad trim" -- Palermo -- The cart painter -- Racalmuto -- Sulfur -- Sciascia and the Inquisition -- Sicilitudine -- Never in control -- A mother's rage -- Aci Trezza and the Cyclops -- The language -- The Mafia -- The Forge of Hephaestus -- Food -- Un giro.
ISBN
  • 9780312597054 (alk. paper)
  • 0312597053 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011026786
OCLC
707969697
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library