Book
Heirs of the Greek catastrophe: the social life of Asia Minor refugees in Piraeus
Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press • Oxford • Published In 1989 • Pages:
By: Hirschon, Renee.
Abstract
Hirschon has written an account of the history and culture of a longstanding urban refugee community near Piraeus, Greece. The government hurriedly built prefabricated housing for thousands of Asia Minor Greek refugees, who came to Greece after the 1923 treaty with Turkey. Hirschon relates how the common refugee experience of hardship and powerlessness, and memories of unique status in the Ottoman Empire and Byzantium legacy forged among the immigrants a common identity and subculture. Both men and women worked hard to preserve family honor, partly expressed in a clean and tidy home. This together with the need to provide a separate living accommodation in the bride's family home as part of the dowry helped to maintain housing long past its intended lifespan. Hirschon also discusses the use of domestic space and neighborhood and religious life.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field Date
- 1969-1983
- Coverage Date
- 1927-1983
- Coverage Place
- Yerania, Kokkinia, Piraeus, Greece
- Notes
- René Hirschon
- Based on thesis (Ph.D.)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-271) and index
- LCCN
- 88016848
- LCSH
- Greece