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Honour, family and patronageBook 1964 • Campbell, John Kennedy
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This is a socio-functional study of the moral/social values of the Sarakatsani, a group of pastoral nomads living in the Epirus region of Greece, in relation to kinship institutions, family structure, patronage, prestige, and religious beliefs. It wa...Fieldwork among the Sarakatsaniessay 1992 • Campbell, John Kennedy
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
In this paper Campbell discusses the circumstances under which he developed an interest in doing fieldwork, and the eventual fieldwork itself, in 1954-1955, among the Sarakatsani pastoralist of Zagori district in the Pindus mountains of Greece. The a...The Greek heroessay 1992 • Campbell, John Kennedy
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This essay first presents an historical account of the Greek hero concept as depicted in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. This concept is then compared to the traditional role of young unmarried men in the eighteenth century A.D. who were expected to posse...Honour and the devilessay 1970 • Campbell, John Kennedy
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This study explores the concept of honor as an important part of the individual Greek personality and its reconciliation with conflicting social and religious ideals within a community of Sarakatsani pastoral nomads in the Zagori district, Epirus, Gr...The kindred in a Greek mountain communityessay 1963 • Campbell, John Kennedy
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This article describes the characteristics of the kindred system as it functions in a community of Greek Sarakatsani shepherds in the mountains of the Zagori district of Greece. In the text Campbell discusses three important features of this kinship ...Two case studies of marketing and patronage in Greeceessay 1968 • Campbell, John Kennedy
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This is a study of commercial transactions between peasants and shepherds and merchants, traders, and bank officials, which often operate at the patron-client level of relationship. Campbell describes two market transactions involving market situatio...Traditional values and continuities in Greek societyessay 1983 • Campbell, John Kennedy
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
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 famil...Regionalism and local communityessay 1976 • Campbell, John Kennedy
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
In this article, Campbell discusses the segmentary nature of Greek society in which honor, interest, and status are based on the family, village, and state. Regional affiliations outside of the district are weak. Campbell offers geographical and hist...Modern GreeceBook 1968 • Campbell, John Kennedy & Sherrard, Philip
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This work is essentially and exhaustive study of Greek history and politics from the Byzantine period (ca. 395 A.D.) to the mid-1960s. The document is divided into four major parts. Parts one and two deal with the origins and historical development o...