essay

Honour and the devil

honor and shame : the values of mediterranean societyChicago • Published In 1970 • Pages: 141-170

By: Campbell, John Kennedy.

Abstract
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, Greece. Other topics in this document discuss DROPE (sexual shame of women), the evil eye, concepts of sin, and ideas about God, and the Devil.
Subjects
Social personality
Gender status
Ethics
Ingroup antagonisms
General character of religion
Spirits and gods
Purification and atonement
Ethnopsychology
culture
Greeks
HRAF PubDate
2003
Region
Europe
Sub Region
Southeastern Europe
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle ; 2002
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Sarakatsani, Zagori district, Epirus, Greece
Notes
John K. Campbell
Includes bibliographical references
LCCN
66011886
LCSH
Greece