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Fragments of Death, Fables of Identity An Athenian Anthropography

Paperback • 1995 • English

Fragments of Death, Fables of Identity An Athenian Anthropography

By Eleni Neni K. Panourgia, Neni Panourgiá

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About the book

The death of her grandfather sets Neni Panourgiá and her readers on a path through the rituals of mourning and memory in modern urban Greece. Blending emotional richness and intellectual rigor, the anthropologist returns home in this exploration of kinship and identity within her own family and native city of Athens. What emerges is not only a new anthropological view of contemporary Greek culture, but also a reflective consideration of the self and subject. Following men and women grappling w...Show more

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ISBN

9780299145644

Publisher

Univ of Wisconsin Press

Published year

1995

Language

English

Original title

Fragments of Death, Fables of Identity An Athenian Anthropography

Format

Paperback

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