essay

Traditional values and continuities in Greek society

Greece in the 1980sLondonPublished In 1983 • Pages: 184-207

By: Campbell, John Kennedy.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of traditional Greek values which provide a social stage within a moral order that emphasizes the sanctity of the family and the notion of honor (TIMI) of its members. Although much of this document centers around the concept of family honor, some of the other major values described in the text are: the honorable settlement of children in marriage including the establishment of an appropriate dowry for one's daughters; the encouragement of sons to obtain an education; the development of intense attitudes of self-regard and self-assertion; and the establishement of friendships and patron-client relationships, often as a means of furthering one's own personal goals.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Internal migration
Sociocultural trends
Ethos
Urban and rural life
Individual enterprise
Social relationships and groups
Friendships
Ethics
Mode of marriage
Household
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
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1980s
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Greece
NotesAdditional notes
John K. Campbell
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
86672949
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Greece