Women's Work and Lives in Rural Greece

This new volume explores the limits and possibilities of economic change in transforming the lives of women in rural Greece at a time of great economic and political change. It is based on ethnographic research conducted in two communities of Western Crete: Nohia and Platanos, where Lazaridis concentrates on three activities women are involved in: handcrafts, market-gardening and olive-growing. Contents: Introduction; The geographical and historico-politico-economic contexts; Family work profiles; Production of handcrafts in Nohia; Market gardening and women's work in Platanos; The production of olives and olive-oil in Nohia and Platanos; Marriage and family in Nohia and Platanos; Sex and fun; Women's associations; Epilogue; References; Index.