This new volume explores the limits and possibilities of economic change in transforming the lives of women in rural Greece at a time of great economic and political change. Through her rich and fascinating account of the changing dynamics of rural life in a still-remote part of Europe, Lazaridis provides an important contribution to social anthropology, rural sociology and to the literature on gender and development.

Gabriella Lazaridis is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester, UK.

Contents: Introduction; The geographical and historico-politico-economic contexts; Family work profiles; Production of handcrafts in Nohia; Market gardening and women's work in Platanos; The production of olives and olive-oil in Nohia and Platanos; Marriage and family in Nohia and Platanos; Sex and fun; Women's associations; Epilogue; References; Index.