Gender and Power in Rural Greece

Book Overview

Women in contemporary Greek society have been conventionally depicted as oppressed and socially inferior, circumscribed in behavior and segregated from the world of men. In 1967 Ernestine Friedl's classic article, "The Position of Women: Appearnce and Reality," argued that this view was overly simplified and that in Greek villages women in fact exercise power in household decisions and in determining the economic and marital future of their children...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691655294
• ISBN13: 9780691655291
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"