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Greek women: sacred or profane

Journal of modern Greek studies • 1 (1) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 185-202

By: Dubisch, Jill.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document

This is a paper on women's role in religion. Dubisch argues that the sacred sphere should be regarded as a public realm and women's participation in religion outside of the home, a public activity. Also, with respect to healing, women are mediators between the family and the supernatural. Although both men and women are subject to pollution, women are more identified with pollution, because they are the controllers of pollution and guardian of order in the home.

SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF

Gender status

Purification and atonement

Organized ceremonial

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

Special Issue: Women and men in Greece : a society in transition

Includes bibliographical references

LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number

84642094

LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings

Greece