essay
The limits of kinship
contested identities : gender and kinship in modern greece • Princeton, N.J. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 114-132
By: Just, Roger.
Abstract
This document addresses the role of kinship and family in the relatively isolated village community of Spartohori, located on the Island of Meganisi in Greece. The author notes that it was impossible to understand anything about the village without first understanding something about kinship. The values of kinship seemed to permeate alsmost every aspect of village life - from where one shopped to whom one voted for, from the forms of local economic cooperation, such as wine making and fishing, to the adventure of overseas migration (p. 115). Each of these aspects of kinship relations are explored in depth in this work.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 2002
- Field Date
- April 1977-May 1980
- Coverage Date
- 1977-1980
- Coverage Place
- village of Spartohori, Island of Meganisi, Greece
- Notes
- Roger Just
- For bibliographical references see source 83: [Loizos and Papataxiarchis]
- LCCN
- 90047780
- LCSH
- Greece