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This book is the outcome of a long journey that began during my undergraduate studies and was consolidated when I chose the 'evil eye' as the main research subject of my doctoral thesis. I am more grateful than I can ever express to all my interlocutors in Crete and northern Greece; without their generous help, this work would never have been accomplished. In Rethymno, special thanks go to: Mrs Anthoula Simantiri and Alexandros Simantiris, whose hospitality and kindness made me warmly comfortable, as if living in a familial environment; Mrs Ntina Lempidaki, who brightened my life from the very first moment I met her at the Painting Workshop; Dr Aris Tsantiropoulos for his advice on Cretan culture; and Dora, Vaggelis and the family, Mary, Despina, Zavi, Evita, Persefoni, Nikos, Marcela and Katerina for the laughs and the evil eye conversations we shared. In Thessaloniki, I wish to thank Katerina and Andreas for making my everyday life throughout fieldwork sparkle with humour and joy; and Tzeni, Dorita, Dora, Mrs Eleni and Mr Lazos, Maria, Anna, Sofia and Kitsa for not hesitating to speak in front of a recorder, and for their friendship and help. Some of my ethnographic data and thei
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- Author
- Eugenia Roussou, Bettina E. Schmidt, Steven Sutcliffe, William Sweetman
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781350225398
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Christian, Religion
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