Changement et immobilite dans la montagne de Corfou
Part of : Επιθεώρηση κοινωνικών ερευνών ; No.Special, 1981, pages 221-230
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Change and immobility in mountain Corfu
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This paper is based on a historical anthropological study carried outat Episkepsi, a mountain village in Corfu. Archival material has helped to trace the evolutionof the demographic and economic structures of the community for more than two centuries. During theinter-war period the peasant serfs (coloni) became land owners thanksto the agrarian reform, at the same time when modern technologywas being introduced in the village economy. This produced a radical change in termsof social relations of production, but the village soonadapted to the new reality while pursuing the traditional economybased upon olive cultivation—which has become the only commercialised production of the village.Episkepsi is now rather prosperous and has been able to adopt amodern way of life. It has broken its geographic isolation by openingitself to the wider society, but it has also preserved part of its tradi tional structure, thus ensuring the survival of the community as asocial unit.
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