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Women: images of their nature and destiny in rural Greece

Gender & power in rural GreecePrinceton, N.j.Published In 1986 • Pages: 139-168

By: Du Boulay, Juliet.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
DuBoulay examines in detail the role and status of women in the rural Greek village of Ambeli. Women in rural Ambeli society are discussed from the standpoint of their symbolic, moral, and physical weakness, and in their role of spiritual guardian of husband, house, and family. Additional data in the article describe the role and status of the male, the relationship between husband and wife in the household, and the feminine role in marriage as reflecting certain moral concepts related to the Orthodox religion.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Gender status
Household
Family relationships
Sexuality
General sex restrictions
Gender roles and issues
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Greeks
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2003
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Europe
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeastern Europe
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 2002
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
not specified
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
village of Ambeli, Island of Euboea, Greece
NotesAdditional notes
Juliet Du Boulay
For bibliographical references see source 31: [Dubisch]
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
86003183
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Greece