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Cosmos and gender in village Greeceessay 1991 • Du Boulay, Juliet
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This study attempts to address a few of the cosmological issues involved in ideas of gender as held in the Greek village of Amboli at the time of the author's fieldwork. These issues are: 'how far Greek villagers conceive God and Christ in gender ter...Womenessay 1986 • Du Boulay, Juliet
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
DuBoulay examines in detail the role and status of women in the rural Greek village of Ambeli. Women in rural Ambeli society are discussed from the standpoint of their symbolic, moral, and physical weakness, and in their role of spiritual guardian of...The meaning of doweryarticle 1983 • Du Boulay, Juliet
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
In this paper, Dubolay explores the change in the meaning and form of dowry since the 1950s. Traditionally for the family of the bride, the dowry was a burden, 'emptying the house' of its wealth, and reflected a general attitude towards women as infe...