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The role of kinship in the transmission of national culture to rural villages in mainland Greece

American anthropologist • 61 • Published In 1959 • Pages: 30-38

By: Friedl, Ernestine.

Abstract

In this study, the author has attempted to show how the role of kinship in Greece acts as a mechanism for maintaining rural-urban connections, and how this mechanism continues to function despite any upward mobility changes on the part of the Greek peasant. This paper tries to point up the particular significance of kinship in the intricate network of group relations between rural and urban areas of Greece and to show the process by which, at least in the area of the village of Vasilika, where the author did her fieldwork, the 'elite' are quite often likely to be one's own relations. This source, which is based on the author's 1955-1956 fieldwork, is a revised version of a paper prepared for a symposium on European peasant cultures held at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association at Chicago in December 1957.

HRAF PubDate

2003

Region

Europe

Sub Region

Southeastern Europe

Document Type

article

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

John Beierle ; 1965-1966

Field Date

1955-1956

Coverage Date

not specified

Coverage Place

Vasilika, Greece

Notes

Ernestine Friedl

Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-38)

LCCN

17015424

LCSH

Greece