Honour, family, and patronage; a study of institutions and moral values in a Greek mountain community
John Campbell (Author)
Case studies
x, 393 pages map, plates 23 cm
319722
I. Historical and geographical introduction
Vlachs
The Sarakatsani of Zagori
II. Of sheep and shepherds
The flocks
The shepherds
The women
III. The significance of kinsmen
The kindred
IV. The extended family
The status of the bride
Brothers and their wives
Sparation
The 'company' of related families
V. Collateral kinsmen
Favours and obligations
Cousins
The effective kindred
Expressions of solidarity
VI. Affinal relations
Betrothal and abduction
The element of hostility. Marriage and the 'return'
The obligations of affines
Some structural implications
VII. The family: a system of roles
Husband and wife
Parents and children
Siblings
Interrelations
VIII. The family as a corporate group
The solidarity of the family
Hostility between unrelated families
IX. Patronage
Community
Spiritual kinship
Village friendship and patronage
Lawyers and government officials
Merchants
Conclusion
X. The values of prestige
The hierarchy
Honour
The honourable man. Positive ideals
The honourable man. Negative restrictions
The material elements in prestige
The sanctions of prestige values
A system of values
XI. The values of religious belief
God and sin
The Devil
The ways to God
Social values and religious ideals
Appendix I: The winter co-operative groupings of Sarakatsani grazing at Neochori
Appendix II: Land utilization in the Zagori
Appendix III: A specimen family budget