essay
Mattresses and migrants: a patron saint's festival on a small Greek Island over two decades
Revitalizing European rituals • London • Published In 1992 • Pages: 155-172
By: Kenna, Margaret E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
During the past two decades, the involvement of returning migrants in the patron saint's festival on the small Greek island of Nisos (a pseudonym), appears to have 'revitalized' the celebration and, to some extent, changed its nature. These changes stem in part from other changes taking place on the island, which now has greatly improved facilities and communications. Although the festival seems never to have been a purely local event attended only by residents, the presence of many migrants and non-local Greeks and foreigners in the eighties seems to have produced, in migrants at least, a concern with performance and appearance (p. 155).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Internal migration
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Foreign exchange
- Dance
- Pressure politics
- Private welfare agencies
- Sacred objects and places
- Ritual
- Organized ceremonial
- 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.
- 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, 1973, 1987-1988
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960s-1980s
- 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
- Margaret E. Kenna
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 172)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91043614
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece