essay
History in the making: national and international politics in a rural Cretan community
Europe observed • Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire • Published In 1992 • Pages: 93-122, 188-196
By: Herzfeld, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Herzfeld discusses Cretan villagers' understanding and representation of village, regional, and national history. Villagers have an acute understanding of power relationships as evident in their folktales and songs, which together with past history are a source of tropes for discussing the past, present, and future. Although villagers do not employ an objective historical perspective--they are imprecise about dates and periods, and, for example, equate the rule of Turks, Germans, and the military junta--their political discourse does speak to power and elicit common identities.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Traditional history
- Lineages
- Political parties
- Ethnosociology
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1964-1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Glendi' and Rethimno, Crete, Greece
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael Herzfeld
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-196)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93109019
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece