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Icons and identity: religious orthodoxy and social practice in rural Crete
Anthropological quarterly • 63 (3) • Published In 1990 • Pages: 109-121
By: Herzfeld, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article Herzfeld makes a connection between icon painting and social segmentation. Icons are considered containers, or refractions, of the divine essence, in which their aesthetic appeal lies in their faithfulness to a model rather than in their originality. Herzfeld argues that the multiple copies of icons expresses the unspoken principles and practices of segmentation that underlie Cretan society. Although the figure on the copies speak to an ideological and social unity, miracle tales around each copy speak to social fragmentation and division, i.e., the unique identities of each agnatic group.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Verbal arts
- Visual arts
- Spirits and gods
- Theological systems
- Magic
- 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.
- 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
- 1987
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1987
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Crete, Greece
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael Herzfeld
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-121)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 32029126
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece