For the Love of Women: Gender, Identity and Same-Sex Relations in a Greek Provincial Town

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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.

Author(s): Elisabeth Kirtsoglou
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2003

Language: English
Commentary: 33774
Pages: 201

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Acknowledgements......Page 8
For the love of women......Page 10
Theoretical reflections......Page 29
Flirting with the 'other': ritualistic incorporation in the realm of the parea......Page 48
Relationships......Page 71
Separation......Page 97
Contextual identities......Page 111
Different people, same places different places, same people......Page 134
The long zeimbekiko......Page 160
Notes......Page 171
Bibliography......Page 186
Index......Page 197