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Friends of the heartessay 1991 • Papataxiarchis, E. (Euthymios)
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This is an analysis of the concept of friendship as it is perceived and practiced by men in the world of the coffee house, in the community of Mouria, northern Lesbos, Greece. Papataxiarchis demarcates friendship from economic and political exchange,...Gender and kinship in marriage and alternative contextsessay 1991 • Lozios, Peter & Papataxiarchis, E. (Euthymios)
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
This article, written by the editors Peter Loizos and Euthymios Papataxiarchis, serves as an introduction to the book 'Contested Identities' from which a series of articles have been processed for the eHRAF files (see nos. 21, 22, 24, 28, 53, 62, 63,...Gender, sexuality, and the person in Greek cultureessay 1991 • Lozios, Peter & Papataxiarchis, E. (Euthymios)
Greeks • Europe > Southeastern Europe
Althought the general context of this paper is concerned with the relationship between sexuality and gender, the authors '…enlarge the scope of inquiry to contexts outside marriage (and the household) and raise the issue of whether sexuality, as a se...