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The ethics of antiphony : the social construction of pain, gender, and power in the Southern Peloponnese

Article: English. Bibliographic reference
Author(s)
Seremetakis, C. Nadia
Title
The ethics of antiphony : the social construction of pain, gender, and power in the Southern Peloponnese
In
Ethos, 4, 18, 1990, 481-512
Subjects
Moiroloi [Μοιρολόι] ; Greece
Type of material
Article
ISBN / ISSN
1548-1352
This paper explores the relation between gender identity and deaht in Inner Mani of the Southern Peloponese. My focus is on the improvised performance of laments by Maniat women in mortuary ceremonies. (..)