essay
Within and without: the category of 'female' in the ethnography of modern Greece
Gender & power in rural Greece • Princeton, N.j. • Published In 1986 • Pages: 215-233
By: Herzfeld, Michael.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper Herzfeld discusses some of the problems inherent in the study of gender ideology in Greek society. He notes that the concepts of 'female' and 'male' are symbolic categories which are manipulable and labile and are terms used by both villagers and nationalist writers alike to express ideas about what it means to be a Greek man or woman. The author suggests that '…we can counter the charges of both excessive generalization and excessive particularism by situating the uses of gender symbolism and ideology in an appropriate historical setting -- the experience of national identity at both the national and local levels' (p. 216).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Cultural identity and pride
- Gender status
- Tribe and nation
- 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
- 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
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Greece
- NotesAdditional notes
- Michael Herzfeld
- For bibliographical references see source 31: [Dubisch]
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86003183
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece