Abstract
Ioanna Bibli
Lancaster University, UK
Women and crisis: a negotiation between continuity and change
The present paper is based on research I have conducted on the experiences of women from Mesogeia-Attica during the Second World War, and the consequences those experiences had on the status of women within their community and family. Τhe oral testimonies of women from Mesogeia reveal how during a period of great crisis, women managed, through traditional values and duties, to exceed their roles. The end of the Second World War signalled the return to traditional values and hierarchies. However, women from Mesogeia had already gained an awareness of their gender and role and used this knowledge towards changing their children’s lives.
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