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For the love of women : gender, identity and same-sex relations in a Greek provincial town / Elisabeth Kirtsoglou.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kirtsoglou, Elisabeth, 1973-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lesbians--Social networks--Greece.
- Lesbians.
- Lesbians--Greece--Identity.
- Lesbians--Sexual behavior--Greece.
- Dating (Social customs)--Greece.
- Dating (Social customs).
- Interpersonal relations--Greece.
- Interpersonal relations.
- Female friendship--Greece.
- Female friendship.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (201 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This extraordinary book exposes the strange world of the parea--a lesbian secret society based in a small-town bar outside Athens, whose members meet clandestinely.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; For the love of women; Theoretical reflections; Flirting with the 'other': ritualistic incorporation in the realm of the parea; Relationships; Separation; Contextual identities; Different people, same places different places, same people; The long zeimbekiko; Notes; Bibliography; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-187) and index.
- Lambda Literary Award, 2004
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-38882-9
- 0-415-31030-X
- 1-299-05429-3
- 1-280-07472-8
- 0-203-41441-1
- 9780203414415
- OCLC:
- 475896481
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