For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town
Awards:   Winner of Lambda Literary Awards (Lgbt Studies) 2004
Author:   Elisabeth Kirtsoglou
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415310307


Pages:   200
Publication Date:   20 November 2003
Format:   Hardback
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For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town


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  • Winner of Lambda Literary Awards (Lgbt Studies) 2004

Overview

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, this book weaves stories of women's lives and relationships into an intriguing and perceptive analysis

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Author:   Elisabeth Kirtsoglou
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9780415310307


ISBN 10:   041531030
Pages:   200
Publication Date:   20 November 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

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;

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<p> There is plenty of fascinating material for those interested in contemporary Greece and the complex, ambiguous shifting of sexual identity. - Sofka Zinovieff, Anthropology


There is plenty of fascinating material for those interested in contemporary Greece and the complex, ambiguous shifting of sexual identity. <br>Girls Own Stories<br>-Sofka Zinovieff, Anthropology, , July 2004 <br>


Author Information

Elisabeth Kirtsoglou is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Wales Lampeter.

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