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The power of the dead: changes in the construction and care of graves and family vaults on a small Greek island
Journal of Mediterranean studies • 1 (1) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 101-119
By: Kenna, Margaret E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Kenna describes changes in ritual practices associated with death and mourning over a period of three decades in a Greek Orthodox Christian community on the island of Nisos (a pseudonym) and discusses these changes '… in the light of a particular pattern of obligations by heirs to perform funerary and other rituals for those from whom property was inherited. A number of changes in ritual practies within the community result from migration and return, and from improved communications between the island and mainland which have brought in tourists and tourist-related enterprises. A particular case, of violent and tragic death, is examined in detail and an analysis made of the construction, decoration and care of the graves of the victims by various categories of relative' (p. 101).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Sociocultural trends
- Burial practices and funerals
- Mourning
- Cult of the dead
- 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, 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. 118-119)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93641917
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece