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Women's roles and house form and decoration in Eressos, Greece

Gender & power in rural GreecePrinceton, N.j.Published In 1986 • Pages: 68-96

By: Pavlides, Eleftherios, Hesser, Jana.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper Pavlides and Hesser examine the extent to which women's roles in the traditional Greek village of Eressos influence the construction, design, and decor of the houses in which they live, and how recent economic changes in the society have altered the relationship of women to their houses (p. 69).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Sociocultural trends
Dwellings
Furniture
Building interiors and arrangement
Gender status
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 TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Indigenous Person
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
October 1977-August 1978
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1850s-1970s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
village of Eressos, Island of Lesbos, Greece
NotesAdditional notes
Eleftherios Pavlides and Jana Hesser
For bibliographical references see source 31: [Dubisch]
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
86003183
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Greece