Greek Island Cosmos: Kinship and Community in Meganisi

by Roger Just

This volume reveals the historical dynamism of what appears at first sight to be a forgotten backwater.

Meganisi is one of the smallest and most remote of the Greek Ionian islands. From another point of view, it is the centre of the world, and its sailors travel literally from China to Peru while its migrants maintain familial connections from Johannesburg to Montreal.
The villages of Meganisi are tightly-knit communities and this detailed...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085255267X
• ISBN13: 9780852552674
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: James Currey
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.3"