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In defiance of destiny : the management of time and gender at a Cretan funeral

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Autor(es)
Herzfeld, Michael
Título
In defiance of destiny : the management of time and gender at a Cretan funeral
En
American ethnologist, 20, 2, 1993, 241-255
Materias
Moiroloi [Μοιρολόι] ; Grezia
Tipología
Artículo
ISBN / ISSN
1548-1425
Greek laments for the dead have occupied a central place in studies of symbolic practice and gender relations. By examining a funeral in detailed context, we can see connections between the personal dilemmas of a young woman in mourning, the symbolic resources on which she draws, and her subsequent pursuit of prestige and emancipation. At the same time, the ambiguities of her performance warn against single-stranded interpretations and urge deeper exploration of the indeterminacy that it is so hard for ethnographic description to capture.