For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town

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Elisabeth Kirtsoglou

For the Love of Women

Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town

Elisabeth Kirtsoglou

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Routledge
13 November 2003

Cultural studies; Social groups; Lesbian studies; Anthropology

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

By: Elisabeth Kirtsoglou
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 317g
ISBN: 9780415310314
ISBN 10: 0415310318
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 13 November 2003
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

Reviews for For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town

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