essay
Sisters in Christ: metaphors of kinship among Greek nuns
contested identities : gender and kinship in modern greece • Princeton, N.J. • Published In 1991 • Pages: 135-155
By: Iossifides, A. Marina.
Abstract
In this study Iossifides examines some of the norms defining kinship in a Greek village in southern Epirus, and compares these with the relationships observed in nearby convents that use similar metaphorical kinship terms. Though the terms may be the same (e.g., sisters), there is a shift of emphasis from the material world and life as an ever continuing 'natural cycle', to one which emphasizes the spiritual world. It is the distinction between the secular person of the world and the person of the spirit of the monastic order -- the nuns -- that forms the primary subject matter of this work.
- 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
- Jan. 1986-May 1987
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- southern Epirus, Greece
- Notes
- A. Marina Iossifides
- For bibliographical references see source 83: [Loizos and Papataxiarchis]
- LCCN
- 90047780
- LCSH
- Greece