Greek Women, Power and the Body : From Fieldwork on Cults Connected with the Female Sphere towards a Deconstruction of Male Ideologies, Modern and Ancient

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Based on studies in ancient Greek sources, mainly produced by men, combined
with results from fieldwork carried out on contemporary Greek religious festivals， a
comparison is made with similar ancient festivals though an analysis of the fertility-cult,
which is important in the festivals. This is a useful way to try to consider the female
part of society, since women are the central performers of the actual cult that plays
an important role within the official male value-system. This is the value-system, from
which the festivals and the society that they reflect, traditionally have been considered.
The absence of the female value-system leaves previous analyses one-sided and
incomplete. Therefore, a comprehensive analysis requires the female point of view to
be included. Hence, the paper argues for the importance of changing our approach
when working with ancient culture. Taking account of the female sphere, which still
exists in Greece, provides us with a basis for considering the female part of society.
But, by so doing, the official male perspective, which is similar to the Western male
perspective generally applied within Greek studies, has to be deconstructed. So, by
arguing for the importance of not using the general male model when presenting Greek
women， the article tries to deconstruct the male ideologies “from within”.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• 1. Introduction 2
• 2. Women and Their Female Space 3
• 3. From the Cyclical Festivals of the Agricultural Calendar to Fertility-Cult 5
• 4, The “Annual Calendar" /“Cyclical Model" of
• the Kabyles and its Relation to the Greek Context 7
• 5, From the Honour of Masculinity Toward a
• Poetics of Womanhood, or a Chthonic Perspective 9
• 6. From Fertility-Cult Towards an Alternative
• Woman-and Gender Research 14
• 7. Conclusion 21