Elisabeth Kirtsoglou is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Wales Lampeter.
This extraordinary book opens up the strange world of the 'parea' - a lesbian secret society based in a small-town bar outside Athens, whose members meet clandestinely to drink, dance and flirt. Though conducting intense sexual affairs under the noses of other customers, the parea's members - many of whom are married with children and have perfectly conventional lives by Greek standards - do not identify themselves as gay and have very negative images of homosexuality. Based entirely on fieldwork within the parea, For The Love of Women weaves stories of women's lives and relationships into an intriguing and perceptive analysis
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Fascinating insider view of a Greel lesbian secret society so private that the local community has no notion of its existence
Written by a fresh and innovative newcomer who has lived among the 'parea', the book has the intriguing slant of being based entirely on fieldwork carried out on the fringes of the society
Explains the lesbian group's truly unique dynamic, in which its members flirt and flaunt themselves in the most public nightspot in town - yet somehow keep their lesbian agendas totally under wraps
Especially strong on stories of the real relationships of women within the group, many of whom are married with children, yet lead complex double lives full of deliberate deceptions
Lovely flowing writing style based on narrative story-telling, with plenty of interviews, quotations and dialogue
Overturns the traditional image of ideal hetrosexuality that dominates work on the Greek and Mediterranean region. Shown how women construct indentities in a culture that's overwhelmingly male
James Faubion of Rice University says 'Publish her book. We'll all be better and wiser if you do. I'm grateful for having had the opportunity to become acquainted with a genuinely first-rate mind at work on a first-rate project'
Chapter 1 For the Love of Women; Chapter 2 Theoretical Reflections; Chapter 3 Flirting with the `Other´; Chapter 4 Relationships; Chapter 5 Separation; Chapter 6 Contextual Identities; Chapter 7 Different People, Same Places – Different Places, Same People; Chapter 8 The Long Zeimbekiko;
This extraordinary book exposes the strange world of the parea--a lesbian secret society based in a small-town bar outside Athens, whose members meet clandestinely.
"There is plenty of fascinating material for those interested in contemporary Greece and the complex, ambiguous shifting of sexual identity." - Sofka Zinovieff, Anthropology
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'Strongly theoretical yet tenderly intimate investigation, For the Love of Women ... is a timely addition to Greek research.' - TLS
This title opens up the strange world of the 'parea' - a lesbian secret society based in a small-town bar outside Athens. Based entirely on fieldwork within the parea, "For The Love of Women" weaves stories of women's lives and relationships into an intriguing and perceptive analysis
Über den Autor
Elisabeth Kirtsoglou is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Wales Lampeter.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Chapter 1 For the Love of Women; Chapter 2 Theoretical Reflections; Chapter 3 Flirting with the 'Other'; Chapter 4 Relationships; Chapter 5 Separation; Chapter 6 Contextual Identities; Chapter 7 Different People, Same Places - Different Places, Same People; Chapter 8 The Long Zeimbekiko;
Klappentext
This title opens up the strange world of the 'parea' - a lesbian secret society based in a small-town bar outside Athens. Based entirely on fieldwork within the parea, "For The Love of Women" weaves stories of women's lives and relationships into an intriguing and perceptive analysis
