essay
Saying 'no' in Greece: some preliminary thoughts on hospitality, gender and the evil eye
Les amis et les autres : melanges en l'honneur de John Peristiany = Brothers and others : essays in honour of JohnPeristiany ; textes reunis par Stathis Damiankos … [et al • Athenes • Published In 1995 • Pages: 133-146
By: Kenna, Margaret E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper is concerned with the nature of hospitality in Grece as a formal mechanism for the articulation of cultural values rather than as the expression of an entirely personal relationship. In a culture were it is considered polite for a guest to refuse initially and for a host to continue to urge the guest to take what is offered, there are problems in making a refusal which will be accepted. Imposition of one's will on another and, conversely, refusal to be dominated by another's will, take on an added dimension within a system of gender relations where forcefulness is defined in masculine terms and persuasiblility is defined as a female characteristic. The paper attempts to weave together the themes of hospitality and gender with particular reference to Greek ethnography (p. 133).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Drives and emotions
- Gender status
- Visiting and hospitality
- Etiquette
- Ethics
- Behavior toward non-relatives
- 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.
- 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, 1983
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1966-1967
- 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. 145-146)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece