Hull, Denison BinghamMareMagnum
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1964239p. illus plates bibliography. index Crisp tight copy, tiny mark and slight scuffing at spine, else fine Book
2002The story of an unspoiled island and an English family making a home by the Aegean Sea. In the early 1960s Emma Tennant's parents, on a cruise, spotted a magical bay and decided to build a house there. This book is the story of that house, Rovinia, set above the bay in Corfu where legend has it Ulysses was shipwrecked and found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous. It is also the story of the couple who have been at Rovinia since the feast in the grove that followed the roof-raising-Maria, a miraculous cook and the presiding spirit of the house, and her husband, Thodoros-and of the inhabitants of the local village, high on the hill above the bay. Tennant offers us the delights of quotidian adventures-salt water in the well, roads to nowhere, collapsing walls-all hilariously presented. That the house is still lived in and loved, with new generations coming to understand the delights of Corfu, is a tribute to the people and a special landscape which is distinctly Greek. Full of color and contrast, A House in Corfu shows the huge changes in island life since the time of the Tennant's arrival, and celebrates, equally, the joy of belonging to a timeless world: the world of vine, olive, and sea205p. Book
1988"The scent of oranges and almonds.The luxurious sheen of fresh-pressed olive oil.The intoxicating sweetness of a cake called "the Triumph of Greed".Criminals who gun down entire convoys of police. Religious festivals at which celebrants tidy up their family tombs and make archangels dance in the village piazza. Tales like these, along with all the myriad sights, flavors and fragrances of Sicily, burst from the pages of this gem of contemporary travel writing " 334p. bibliography index. Fine but for name of previous owner Book
1965"Here at last is a knowledgable, entertaining and thoroughly practical introduction to Greece for the ordinary visitor." As well as the usual information for tourists it has informed observations on Greek culture and customs, and is written with charm and the local knowledge of a long term resident Philhellene. 258p. illus bibliography. index. Dj price clipped, slight sunning d along spine. Obituary and signed letter from author laid in. Book
1969"A portrait of the manners, morals, habits qualities and defects of tody'a Hellenes" The author casts a skeptical as well as sypathetic eye on his fellow Greeks (written just as the Junta took control in 1967) 120p. index (bookplate inside cover) Book
1971Informed and very interesting. "The narrative describes charactersitics of the country and people of Greece, tells something of their culture. The book covers a twelvemonth's journey in Greece. The reader may therefore see the country in all seasons, witnessing some of the people's religious and folk festivals in passing." Signed by author on title page. 369p. plates bibliography. index.[ 3 copies found in WorldCat Book
1977" .defines the basic and distinctive features of Greek society during the late archaic and classical eras .a survey of the Greek world according to its functional and occupational categories, and he examines in turn the tribes,landowners,peasants,colonists,traders, craftsmen,slaves,soldiers and sailors aho composed one of the greatest civilizations in history. 323p. plates.bibliography.index Book
2002"A clear and comprehensive guide to the religious and secular life of the Greek-American community," including naming a baby, planning a baptism, observing name days, baking communion bread, buying popular Greek music [it Includes the melody lines for several song] what to say (in Greek) on special occasions, and much more.This book is a treasury of lore and practical information that will be indispensable to anyone marrying into a Greek family as well as to Greek Americans eager to learn more about their heritage. 230p. New in original shrink wrap. Book
2000Joice Nankivell was born in Australia and during her long and eventful life was in Ireland during the troubles, joined with her husband Stanley Loch in the Quaker missions that were sent to help the Polish devastated by World War I, and then to Greece to assist with the population displaced from Asia Minor. After which she and her husband settled into an old Byzantine tower at Prosforion, on the border with Mt.Athos where she established a rug weaving workshop for the refugee women. During World War II she helped Jewish refugees get to Israel.. Well deserving her status as "the most decorated Australian woman." 360p.plates[some color] maps Book
1991In 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. Contents: Part One : Gender and kinship in marries life Part Two ; Gender, Kinship and Religion: 'Reconstructing' the Anthropology of Greece by Jill Dubisch; Cosmos and Gender in Village Greece by Juliet du Boulay; Silence, Submission and subversion: Towards a Poetics of Womenhood by Michael Herzfeld; The Resolution of a Conflict through song in Greek Ritual Therapy by Loring Danforth; The Limits of K inship by Roger Just. PART TWO GENDER AND KINSHIP OUTSIDE MARRIAGE: Sisters in Christ: Metaphors of kinship among Greek nuns by A Marina Iossafides; Friends of the Heart: Male Commensal Solidarity, Ge nder and kinship in Aegean Greece by Evthymios Papataxiarchis: Going out for Coffee? Contesting the Grounds of Gendered Pleasures in evryday Sociability by Jane Cowan; Hunters and Hunted: Kamaki and t he ambiguities of sexual Predation in a Grek Town by Sofka Zinovieff; Gender, Sexuality and the Person in Greek Culture by Peter Loizos and Evthymios Papataxiarchis.259p. plates. bibliography.index Book
1894Ancient Greek life interpreted from the evidence of ancient authors.495p. index. Nice decorative gilded binding with the same design as "Rambles & Studies in Greece' Macmillan 1892. Very slight wear on exterior with corners bumped . Book
1981Illustrated guide to the folk arts and crafts on display at the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation / Peloponnesiakon Laographikon Hidryma. 86p. illus. Book
2007Do I need a residence permit? How do I register a newborn? Who is eligible for military service? Can anyone marry in an Orthodox church? How should I draft a will? These are just some of hundreds of questions answered in Surviving Greek Bureaucracy, a guide to almost every aspect of your contact with the state, local government and the law. European Union citizens and non-Europeans residing in Greece will both find the answers they require. Drafted by Greece's most respected English-language publication, refined through years of news coverage and screened by lawyers, this book is designed to save you time, money and trouble. 235p.[Only ONE copy found in WordCat] Book
2004" Greece is a country famed worldwide for its physical beauty, wealth of antiquities and other vestiges of its unsurpassed ancient civilisation. Yet despite over ten million annual visitors and an open and inviting culture, modern Greece is not an easy country for outsiders to understand or comprehend fully. Countless tourist guides extoll its resorts and archaeological tomes unravel its classical past, but there are few books that attempt to explore the many complexities of Greek life and lifestyles right here in the present. Until now, that is, "It's All Greece to Me: Impressions of Contemporary Greek Life", by longtime Athens News contributor John F.L. Ross, offers an accessible and dependable guide to the nooks and crannies of the modern Greek character, mentallity, customs and attitudes. It offers a sharp-eyed and challenging yet sympathetic look at the rapidly changing nature of contemporary Greece at the dawn of the new milleniium. Throughout, Ross writes with the clarity, gentle wit and perceptive insight that readers have come to expect from the author of the longrunning and popular Thursday column "On Second Thought." Book
1991Experiences of a Norwegian-American girl living in a small Greek village in the Peloponnese Book
1965A comprehensive survey of village beliefs and attitudes about health and healing, and the folklore associated with sickness and recovery, based on meticulous field work. Assissted by Anna Ammeera and Sophie Kallifatidou. 269p. bibliography.index Book
1963A collection of essays by various scholars assembled after a conference held in 1959 at Burg Wartenstein. Among other articles it includes "The kindred in a Greek Mountain Community by J.K.Campbell; "Some aspects of dowry and inheritance in Boeotia " by Ernestine Friedl; "Inheritance and Dowry in classical Athens" by Harry L.Levy; "The domestic cycle and the distribution of power in Turkish Village" by Paul Stirling. 236p. Name of previous owner plus a page of notes in the same handwriting laid in and some underlinings and notes in margins Book
1996A book about Turkish food that is half travel book, half recipes [includes recipes that seem Greek - Revani, Baklava - except for the name] 224p. illus plates (col) Book
2005Comprehensive guide to researching Greek Genealogy. Includes : Beginning your Research, Sources for Genealogical Research, Greek History, More about Greece, Greek Migration, Locating Places in Greece (with details about various gazetteers - geographical dictionaries), Churches and Religious Denominations (with addresses of dioceses, and Patriarchate), Research by Mail (with form letters in Greek and their English translation, and Family questionnaire for relatives to fill in information about common ancestors), Learn about Names, The Language (with basics about grammar and a list of words you will see in Greek records), Numbers and Units of Time. Two Appendices: Glossary (of Greek and English words); and Greek Given Names their Variations, their English Equivalents, and Name-days. Pictures of ancestors and of the land, Maps, and photocopies of Greek Records and Certificates.xii,157p. illus Book
1993A manual on how to proceed with family research - Sources, how to make enquiries in Greece - with sample form letters in Greek, a list of religious offices in Greece where local birth/marriage and death records may be found, plus all kinds of other helpful tips.79p. [11 Copies found in Worldcat] Book
1991Challenging the conventional notion that these often malevolent demons belong exclusively to a realm of folklore or superstition separate from Christianity, the author looks at beliefs about the exotica and the Orthodox Devil to demonstrate the interdependency of doctrinal and local religion.330p.illus bibliography, index. Book
1979"This authentic and unexpurgated collection of jokes and tales told by today's Greeks, demonstrates the universality of humor as it reflects particular and pervasive concerns of modern Greek society.To be found here are stories about the "clever Greeks", ethnic slurs, political jokes (many of which are directed against the repressive Papadopoulos regime) and humor told at the expense of the clergy and the Greek Orthodox Church..." 262p. Book
1992'...an account of a year spent on the Greek island of Paxos." "His wry and beautifully written excursion into a dystopian Arcadia is rooted in his sardonic wit and the pitiless eye that he turns on modern Greece, on modern Greeks, and, not the least, on himself." (this copy marred by underlinings and comments from a previous reader- some of which, however, are quite interesting-) Book
1965Comprehensive account of life, traditions and customs in a farming village in Boeotia in the 1950's. 110p. plates.map.bibliography. This copy has notes and underlinings, a student reading copy only. Book
1985313 p, bibliography.index. Book