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Greek urban migrants and their rural patron saint
Ethnic studies • 1 (3) • Published In 1977 • Pages: 14-23
By: Kenna, Margaret E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The primary theme of this study is rural-urban migrant relations. Kenna notes that one of the problems faced by rural migrants in an urban setting is that of creating an identity or set of identities which are strategically crucial in various urban and rural contexts. In this paper the author discusses a particular example of the use of a relationship, based on Orthodox religious belief and characterized by acts of religious ritual, between the migrant and his place of origin. The example used here is the cult of the patron saint which serves as a symbolic resource uniting both residents and migrants of different and conflicting interests by offering possibilities for identification which both express and over-ride these interests. This document also notes that religious vows and prayers to saints particularly at a time of crisis may also function to reintroduce people to the cult and redefine them as migrants from rural origins (p. 21).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- Cultural identity and pride
- Urban and rural life
- Spirits and gods
- Sacred objects and places
- Prayers and sacrifices
- 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.
- 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
- 1966-1967, 1970s
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1966-1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Island of Nisos (a pseudonym), Greece
- NotesAdditional notes
- M. Kenna
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 22-23)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece