A Greek island cosmos : kinship & community on Meganisi
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A Greek island cosmos : kinship & community on Meganisi
（World anthropology）
School of American Research Press , James Currey, 2000
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A Greek island cosmos : kinship and community on Meganisi
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 260-271) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: James Currey : cloth ISBN 9780852552674
Description
This volume reveals the historical dynamism of what appears at first sight to be a forgotten backwater.
Meganisi is one of the smallest and most remote of the Greek Ionian islands. From another point of view, it is the centre of the world, and its sailors travel literally from China to Peru while its migrants maintain familial connections from Johannesburg to Montreal.
The villages of Meganisi are tightly-knit communities and this detailed ethnographic study explores the basis on which the islanders' solidarity and sense of identity are constructed andreconstructed despite population mobility and economic change: the values, sentiments and structures of kinship and family.
Series Editors: Wendy James & N.J. Allen
Table of Contents
- Orientations
- delineations of history
- the advent of wealth
- the terms of kinship
- godparenthood
- the back-to-back community
- household and inheritance
- romance and dowry
- a kalos kosmos
- epilogue.
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: James Currey : paper ISBN 9780852552681
Description
This volume reveals the historical dynamism of what appears at first sight to be a forgotten backwater.
Meganisi is one of the smallest and most remote of the Greek Ionian islands. From another point of view, it is the centre of the world, and its sailors travel literally from China to Peru while its migrants maintain familial connections from Johannesburg to Montreal.
The villages of Meganisi are tightly-knit communities and this detailed ethnographic study explores the basis on which the islanders' solidarity and sense of identity are constructed andreconstructed despite population mobility and economic change: the values, sentiments and structures of kinship and family.
Series Editors: Wendy James & N.J. Allen
Table of Contents
- Orientations
- delineations of history
- the advent of wealth
- the terms of kinship
- godparenthood
- the back-to-back community
- household and inheritance
- romance and dowry
- a kalos kosmos
- epilogue.
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: US : cloth ISBN 9780933452725
Description
Meganisi is one of the smallest and most remote of the Greek Ionian Islands, but from another point of view it is the center of the world. Its sailors travel from China to Peru, and its migrants maintain familial connections from Johannesburg to Montreal. A Greek Island Cosmos reveals the historical dynamism of what appears at first sight to be a forgotten backwater. This detailed ethnographic study, written in an engaging and entertaining style, explores the basis on which the islanders' solidarity and sense of identity are constructed and reconstructed despite population mobility and economic change.
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: US : pbk ISBN 9780933452732
Description
Meganisi is one of the smallest and most remote of the Greek Ionian Islands, but from another point of view it is the center of the world. Its sailors travel from China to Peru, and its migrants maintain familial connections from Johannesburg to Montreal. A Greek Island Cosmos reveals the historical dynamism of what appears at first sight to be a forgotten backwater. This detailed ethnographic study, written in an engaging and entertaining style, explores the basis on which the islanders' solidarity and sense of identity are constructed and reconstructed despite population mobility and economic change.
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