Contested identities : gender and kinship in modern Greece /
Contested identities : gender and kinship in modern Greece /
edited by Peter Loizos and Evthymios Papataxiarchis.
- viii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Princeton modern Greek studies .
- Princeton modern Greek studies .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.
"In this collection leading anthropologists provide a comprehensive yet highly nuanced view of what it means to be a Greek man or woman, married or unmarried, functioning within a complex society based on kinship ties. Exploring the ways in which sexual identity is constructed, these authors discuss, for example, how going out for coffee embodies dominant ideas about female sexuality, moral virtue, and autonomy; why men in a Lesbos village maintain elaborate friendships with nonfamily members while the women do not; why young housewives often participate in conflict-resolution rituals; and how the dominant role of mature married householders is challenged by unmarried persons who emphasize spontaneity and personal autonomy. This collection demonstrates that kinship and gender identities in Greece are not unitary and fixed: kinship is organized in several highly specific forms, and gender identities are plural, competing, antagonistic, and are continually being redefined by contexts and social change."--Publisher description.
0691094608 9780691094601 0691028591 9780691028590
90047780
Kinship--Greece
Marriage--Greece
Friendship--Greece
Sex role--Greece
Women--Social conditions--Greece
Greece--Social life and customs
GN585.G85 / C66 1991
306.8309495
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.
"In this collection leading anthropologists provide a comprehensive yet highly nuanced view of what it means to be a Greek man or woman, married or unmarried, functioning within a complex society based on kinship ties. Exploring the ways in which sexual identity is constructed, these authors discuss, for example, how going out for coffee embodies dominant ideas about female sexuality, moral virtue, and autonomy; why men in a Lesbos village maintain elaborate friendships with nonfamily members while the women do not; why young housewives often participate in conflict-resolution rituals; and how the dominant role of mature married householders is challenged by unmarried persons who emphasize spontaneity and personal autonomy. This collection demonstrates that kinship and gender identities in Greece are not unitary and fixed: kinship is organized in several highly specific forms, and gender identities are plural, competing, antagonistic, and are continually being redefined by contexts and social change."--Publisher description.
0691094608 9780691094601 0691028591 9780691028590
90047780
Kinship--Greece
Marriage--Greece
Friendship--Greece
Sex role--Greece
Women--Social conditions--Greece
Greece--Social life and customs
GN585.G85 / C66 1991
306.8309495