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Sacrifice at the bridge of Arta: sex roles and the manipulation of power
Journal of modern Greek studies • 1 (1) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 173-183
By: Mandel, Ruth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this paper, Mandel provides a structural analysis of a Greek ballad to argue that women play a mediating role in Greek society between 'culture' and 'nature', and 'insider' and 'outsider' kinship status. 'The Bridge of Arta' is a tale about a woman who is buried in a bridge foundation, in order to give the bridge a soul and insure its longevity. According to Mandel, the bridge is a liminal construction between two places. Similarly, a married woman spans two family groups, but belongs to neither one. Women's creative powers and sexuality (nature) are used for procreation and the reproduction of the husband's family (culture).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Verbal arts
- Gender status
- Cosmology
- Sexuality
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Greece
- NotesAdditional notes
- Ruthe Mandel
- Special Issue: Women and men in Greece: a society in transition
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-183)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84642094
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Greece