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'Foreign chickens' and other outsiders: gender and community in Greece

American ethnologist20 (2)Published In 1993 • Pages: 272-287

By: Dubisch, Jill.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Anthropological discussions of gender in the Mediterranean have tended to focus on two related issues: the control of female sexuality, particularly in terms of concepts of 'honor and shame,' and women's power and its relationship to the public and private spheres of community life. This article seeks to move beyond these issues to a broader examination of gender ideology. It suggest that gender needs to be seen in a shifting context of boundaries, representations, and conflicts at the domestic, communal, and even national level. Using data from a Greek village, the article explores women's positions as representations of both 'inside' and 'outside' and relates such representations to ongoing discourses about personal, village, and national identities (p. 272).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Observation in research
Gender status
Social relationships and groups
Ingroup antagonisms
Ethnosociology
Sexuality
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
article
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
1969-1979, 1986-1990
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1969-1970
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Island of Tinos, Cycladic Island group, Greece
NotesAdditional notes
Jill Dubisch
Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-287)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
74644326
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Greece