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3. The Power of Strong Emotions: Constructing the Sicilian-Canadian Evil-Eye Complex

© 2017 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

© 2017 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Acknowledgments xiii
  5. 1. Introduction 1
  6. 2. The Ethnographic Context 17
  7. 3. The Power of Strong Emotions: Constructing the Sicilian-Canadian Evil-Eye Complex 30
  8. 4. Mal’uocchiu and the Language of Distress 54
  9. 5. Mal’uocchiu in Everyday Experience 74
  10. 6. Extending the Web of Significance 99
  11. 7. Conclusion 114
  12. Epilogue 125
  13. Glossary of Sicilian Terms and Phrases 127
  14. Notes 131
  15. Bibliography 137
  16. Index 155
Mal'uocchiu
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https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442676947-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Acknowledgments xiii
  5. 1. Introduction 1
  6. 2. The Ethnographic Context 17
  7. 3. The Power of Strong Emotions: Constructing the Sicilian-Canadian Evil-Eye Complex 30
  8. 4. Mal’uocchiu and the Language of Distress 54
  9. 5. Mal’uocchiu in Everyday Experience 74
  10. 6. Extending the Web of Significance 99
  11. 7. Conclusion 114
  12. Epilogue 125
  13. Glossary of Sicilian Terms and Phrases 127
  14. Notes 131
  15. Bibliography 137
  16. Index 155
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