For the Love of Women by Elisabeth Kirtsoglou
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 Womenweaves stories of women's lives and relationships into an intriguing and perceptive analysis"There is plenty of fascinating material for those interested in contemporary Greece and the complex, ambiguous shifting of sexual identity" - Sofka Zinovieff, Anthropology
'Strongly theoretical yet tenderly intimate investigation, For the Love of Women ... is a timely addition to Greek research.' - TLS
Elisabeth Kirtsoglou is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Wales Lampeter.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415310314 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415310318 |
| Title | For the Love of Women |
| Author | Elisabeth Kirtsoglou |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2003-11-13 |
| Number of pages | 200 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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