Women's work and lives in rural Greece : appearances and realities / Gabriella Lazaridis.

By:

Lazaridis, Gabriella

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, 2009.Description: viii, 231 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780754612124 (alk. paper)
0754612120 (alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

331.409495

Contents:

The geographical and historico-politico-economic contexts -- Family work profiles -- Production of handcrafts in Nohia -- Market gardening and women's work in Platanos -- The production of olives and olive oil in Nohia and Platanos -- Marriage and family in Nohia and Platanos -- Sex and fun -- Women's associations.

Summary: This new volume explores the limits and possibilities of economic change in transforming the lives of women in rural Greece at a time of great economic and political change. It is based on ethnographic research conducted in two communities of Western Greece: Nogia and Platanos, where Lazaridis concentrates on three activities women are involved in: handcrafts, market-gardening and olive-growing. Her rich and fascinating account of the changing dynamics of rural life in a still-remote part of Europe, draws on a wealth of statistical and demographic data from Greek government and state archives. The result is this important contribution to social anthropology, rural sociology and to the literature on gender and development.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds	Course reserves
Reserve - Overnight loan	CYA Library Reserve	331.409495 LAZ (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		00000007301		Placas, Aimee

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-223) and index.

This new volume explores the limits and possibilities of economic change in transforming the lives of women in rural Greece at a time of great economic and political change. It is based on ethnographic research conducted in two communities of Western Greece: Nogia and Platanos, where Lazaridis concentrates on three activities women are involved in: handcrafts, market-gardening and olive-growing.
Her rich and fascinating account of the changing dynamics of rural life in a still-remote part of Europe, draws on a wealth of statistical and demographic data from Greek government and state archives. The result is this important contribution to social anthropology, rural sociology and to the literature on gender and development.