Anthropology: Greece

Bennett, D. 1994

‘Bury me in second class: contested symbols in a Greek cemetery’, Anthropological Quarterly, 67:3, 122-34.

Danforth, L. 1982

Death Rituals of Rural Greece, Princeton NJ: Princeton University Press.

Dubisch, J. 1989

‘Death and social change in Greece, Anthropological Quarterly, 62:4, 189–200.

Håland, E. 2014

Rituals of Death and Dying in Ancient and Modern Greece: Writing History from a Female Perspective, Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Kenna, M. 1991

‘The power of the dead: changes in the construction and care of graves and family vaults on a small Greek island’, Journal of Mediterranean Studies, 1, 101-19.

Kenna, M. 2015

‘Rituals of forgiveness and structures of remembrance: memorial service and bone-depositories on the island of Amalfi, Greece’, History of Religions, 54:3, 225–259.

Sarris, M. 1995

‘Death, gender and social change in Greek Society’, Journal of Mediterranean Studies 5:1, 14-32.

Events

The Cemetery Research Group runs two events a year: in May and in November. Follow the links and send in an abstract