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dc.contributor.advisorPlatt, Tristan
dc.contributor.authorPollatou, Efpraxia
dc.coverage.spatial240 p.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-22T15:14:50Z
dc.date.available2010-09-22T15:14:50Z
dc.date.issued2009-08-05
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/1016
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is about the construction of 'satire' as an exclusive practice among the Cefalonian and hence proposes the term satiricity (satirikotita). It explores the construction of the category of the Cefalonian "madman" by means of dialogics between performance and evaluation. It is observed that the relation depends on three principles that obtain among audience members and a performer: conditioning the performance, participation in and observation of the performance and evaluation of it. Being one of the few anthropological studies on the Ionian islands of Greece, this thesis aims to contribute to the anthropology of the Ionian islands and of Cefalonia in particular. It looks at the relation between a town and a village on the ground of teasing events and refutes the argument of satire as an urban phenomenon only. It sets the elementary principles towards anthropology of satire and emphasizes the importance of studying everyday teasing events. It also contributes to understanding a 'native' researcher's presence in different ways. Satiricity is seen as a 'par excellence' feature that Cefalonians have. No matter if Cefalonia is a part of the Greek nation-state and people follow 'modern Greek culture', they still employ satiricity as a way of distancing themselves from Greeks. 'Distance' is forged on the basis of absolute exclusion of Greeks from having, practising and understanding satiricity in the way that Cefalonians do. The Conclusions leave the ground open for more investigation on teasing events and application of such viewpoints around other areas of the island, and of the Ionian islands or other Greek islands. I also point to studies looking at island and mainland teasing events and potential differences. After all, we need to examine not only how people construct the claim on the exclusivity of 'satire'. We need to examine how such a claim is applied, supported or contrasted and possibly rejected when Cefalonians engage with other Greeks away from the island.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of St Andrews
dc.relationen_US
dc.subjectAnthropology at homeen_US
dc.subjectSatireen_US
dc.subjectSatiricityen_US
dc.subjectPerformanceen_US
dc.subjectTeasing eventen_US
dc.subjectMetacommunicationen_US
dc.subjectCoffeehouseen_US
dc.subjectMarketplaceen_US
dc.subjectSocial geography of satireen_US
dc.subjectAudienceen_US
dc.subjectIlliterateen_US
dc.subjectLaughterscapeen_US
dc.subjectSoundsen_US
dc.subjectDevilen_US
dc.subjectMadnessen_US
dc.subjectBelongingen_US
dc.subjectCefaloniaen_US
dc.subjectGreeceen_US
dc.subject.lccHN650.5C4P7
dc.subject.lcshCephalonia Island (Greece)--Social life and customsen_US
dc.subject.lcshJoking relationships--Greece--Cephalonia Islanden_US
dc.subject.lcshSatire, Greek (Modern)--Greece--Cephalonia Islanden_US
dc.titleSounds of satire, echoes of madness : performance and evaluation in Cefalonia, Greeceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.contributor.sponsorVergotis Foundation of Cefalonia, Greeceen_US
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen_US
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD Doctor of Philosophyen_US
dc.publisher.institutionThe University of St Andrewsen_US


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