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Interpreting kinship terminology: the problem of patriliny in rural Greece
Anthropological quarterly • 56 (4) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 157-166
By: Herzfeld, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this article, Herzfeld argues against a unified Greek kinship terminology and kinship system. For example, the term SOI refers to a cognatic kindred in Rhodes and an agnatic grouping in Crete. Herzfeld surmises that the term was derived from a Turkish term for 'surname' and applied by local residents to their principle social unit, which varied by region. Furthermore, he argues that in rural Greece, patriliny is an expression of an ideology of male dominance (what he calls 'androcentric ideology') and not a patrilineal descent ideology, or some derivative 'residual patriliny.'
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Kinship terminology
- Rule of descent
- Kindreds and ramages
- Lineages
- 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
- 1973-1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1973-1978
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- 'Glendi', Crete and 'Pefko', Rhodes, Greece
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael Herzfeld
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-166)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 32029126
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece