Myth, Representation, and Identity [electronic resource] : An Ethnography of Memory in Lipsi, Greece /
Papachristophorou, M.author.
Lipsi forms a modern construction that has disconnected from its past. Recently, the community has formed a collective identity reconstructed from fragments of collective memory. This book is an ethnographic account of the mythology proposed by the community and examines how history and collective memory tightly interconnect.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction Lipsi 2000-2010: History and Storytelling; One "On the island of goddess Calypso"; Two About Origins (And the Story Goes On); Three Demons and Sancta; Four Hierophanies and Miracles; Five Fertility and Death; Six Ordinary Days and Talks; Seven The Narrative Construction of the Community; Postface Reflections on Fieldwork; Notes; Works Cited; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lipsi forms a modern construction that has disconnected from its past. Recently, the community has formed a collective identity reconstructed from fragments of collective memory. This book is an ethnographic account of the mythology proposed by the community and examines how history and collective memory tightly interconnect.
Religion and sociology.
Ethnology.
Anthropology.
Sociology.
Europe—History.
Sociology of Religion.
Social Anthropology.
Cultural Anthropology.
Anthropology.
Sociology, general.
European History.