Book
Ours once more: folklore, ideology, and the making of modern Greece
Pella Publishing Co. • New York • Published In 1986 • Pages:
By: Herzfeld, Michael.
Abstract
In this book, Herzfeld examines the role of folklorists in the building of the modern Greek nation state. He argues that folklore studies contributed significantly to the Hellenist movement in the period between Greek Independence (1821) and Greece's conclusive defeat by Turkey, short of reclaiming Constantinople, the jewel of their former Byzantine Empire, in 1924. Herzfeld examines the contradictions between Greece's pagan Hellenism and eastern Orthodox Christianity, and Byzantine and European identities. Songs of bandit-rebel bands (KLEFTS) were an important source material for folklorists who linked the songs to ancient Greek myths and ballades in an effort to identify with western Europe, while at the same time using Western powers to help them reclaim a past Byzantium glory.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field Date
- not specified
- Coverage Date
- 1453-1922
- Coverage Place
- Greece
- Notes
- Michael Herzfeld
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-197)
- LCCN
- 86062459
- LCSH
- Greece