De la soumission a la dependance : Le statut de la femme dans un village du Pelion
Part of : Επιθεώρηση κοινωνικών ερευνών ; No.Special, 1981, pages 231-244
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231-244
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From submission to dependence : Women's status in a pelion village
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Pouri is a Pelion village which long remained remote. Established inthe middleof the 18th century, its history is that discontinuous one ofthose villages which receive successive migratory waves.The changesit has undergone (transition from share-croping or factory wageearning systems to agricultural self-employment; mechanization ofcertain farm-work) have always taken place at the expense of women.Their inferior position has not allowed them to benefit immediatelyfrom the economic and technical improvements; on the contrary,they pay the cost of it. either in extra work (1920-1955), or in increased isolation ( 1960-1970).'or to-day in a discrepancy between theiraspirations (to live like urban housewives) and their village lifecharacterized by boredom and disillusionment. For, if mechanizationliberated them from what they call «slavery», i.e. an almostunbearable load of work, it did not give them the means of becoming autonomous and self-reliant. Moreover, they do not wish to become independent: they have interiorized their dependence so much thatthey consider it as a natural necessity.
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