Loring M Danforth
Biographic Data
| ID | 84789 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Loring M Danforth |
| GIVEN NAMES | Loring M |
| FAMILY NAME | Danforth |
| SIGNATURE | DANFORTH L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bates College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 132 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
The Death Rituals of Rural Greece
This compelling text and dramatic photographic essay convey the emotional power of the death rituals of a small Greek village — the funeral, the singing of laments, the distribution of food, the daily visits to the graves, and especially the rite of exhumation. These rituals help Greek villagers face the universal paradox of mourning: how can the living sustain relationships with the dead and at the same time bring them to an end, in order to con…
The Resolution of Conflict Through Song in Greek Ritual Therapy
Firewalking and Religious Healing: The Anastenaria of Greece and the American Firewalking Movement
Crossing the Kingdom: Portraits of Saudi Arabia
For many people, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia evokes images of deserts, camels, and oil, along with rich sheikh in white robes, oppressed women in black veils, and terrorists. But when Loring Danforth traveled through the country in 2012, he found a world much more complex and inspiring than he could have ever imagined. With vivid descriptions and moving personal narratives, Danforth takes us across the Kingdom, from the headquarters of Saudi Aram…
Children of the Greek Civil War: Refugees and the Politics of Memory
We Crossed a Lot of Borders: Refugee Children of the Greek Civil War
The evacuation of 28,000 refugee children from villages in northern Greece by the Communist Party of Greece in 1948 was one of the most controversial chapters of the Greek Civil War, a conflict whose traumatic impact has continued to polarize modern Greek society. A bitterly contested aspect of this evacuation was the issue of whether these children were removed with or without the permission of their parents. After a difficult journey to Eastern…
Is the "World Game" an "Ethnic Game" or an "Aussie Game"? Narrating the Nation in Australian Soccer
Through an analysis of recent developments in Australian soccer, I extend Homi Bhabha's work on the nation as a problem of narration in two principal ways. I demonstrate that sport, like literature, is a fertile site for narrating the nation. I also illustrate the value of moving beyond the exclusive study of national narratives to the study of ethnic and transnational narratives as well in order to understand more fully the role of narrative in …
Letters
The Macedonian Conflict
The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World
Tolerance, Nationalism, and Human Rights in Macedonia
Being Muslim the Bosnian Way: Identity and Community in a Central Bosnian Village. Tone BRINGA
The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World
Greeks and Macedonians both assert that they, and they alone, have the right to identify themselves as Macedonians. The Greek government denies the existence of a Macedonian nation and insists that all Macedonians are Greeks, while Macedonians vehemently assert their existence as a unique people. This work examines the Macedonian conflict in the light of contemporary theoretical work on ethnic nationalism, the construction of national identities …
Transnational Influences on National Conflict: The Macedonian Question
National Conflict in a Transnational World: Greeks and Macedonians at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Diaspora 3:3 1994 National Conflict in a Transnational World: Greeks and Macedonians at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Loring M. Danforth Bates College 1. Introduction In the present era of globalization, ethnic nationalism can no longer be understood simply as a relationship between an ethnic minority and the dominant nation of the state in which it lives. The deterritorialization of national communities, brought about by l…
Claims to Macedonian Identity: The Macedonian Question and the Breakup of Yugoslavia
L'opposition entre les Grecs et la minorite ethnique macedonienne (question qui domine les Balkans depuis cent ans) est un conflit entre deux ideologies sur la constitution des identites, histoires et cultures nationales. Les Grecs refusent l'appellation de « macedonien » aux Slaves (car ils la revendiquent pour eux-meme), ainsi que toute independance et reconnaissance de la Republique sous cette appellation
Chapter 4. The Resolution of Conflict through Song in Greek Ritual Therapy
Firewalking and Religious Healing: The Anestanaria of Greece and the American Firewalking Movement
Passing Shadows . 1984. Produced and directed by Barrie Machin
Rembetika: The Blues of Greece. 1982. Produced by Phillipe de Montignie and Zelda Ro‐senbaum and directed by Phillipe de Montignie
The Death Rituals of Rural Greece
Tradition and Change in Greek Shadow Theater
GREEK SHADOW THEATER, which is primarily an urban phenomenon, was largely ignored until recently by Greek folklorists, who focused their attention almost exclusively on the culture of rural Greece.The decades of the 1960s and 1970s, however, witnessed a remarkable surge in interest in Greek shadow theater.'Much attention was devoted to the link between Greek shadow theater and ancient Greek comedy, the relationship between the Greek and the Turki…
Death Ritual of Rural Greece
Comment on McNeill's The Metamorphosis of Greece Since World War II
The Rôle of Dance in the Ritual Therapy of the Anastenaria
The Anastenaria is a ritual involving trance and possession which is performed in several villages and towns in northern Greece. It is a ritual system of psychotherapy which is often effective in treating illnesses that in Western psychiatric terms would be considered psychogenic in nature. This paper focuses on the rôle of the dance of the possessed Anastenarides in the therapeutic system of the Anastenaria. I hope to show that this dance contri…
The Death Rituals of Rural Greece
This compelling text and dramatic photographic essay convey the emotional power of the death rituals of a small Greek village — the funeral, the singing of laments, the distribution of food, the daily visits to the graves, and especially the rite of exhumation. These rituals help Greek villagers face the universal paradox of mourning: how can the living sustain relationships with the dead and at the same time bring them to an end, in order to con…
Is the "World Game" an "Ethnic Game" or an "Aussie Game"? Narrating the Nation in Australian Soccer
Through an analysis of recent developments in Australian soccer, I extend Homi Bhabha's work on the nation as a problem of narration in two principal ways. I demonstrate that sport, like literature, is a fertile site for narrating the nation. I also illustrate the value of moving beyond the exclusive study of national narratives to the study of ethnic and transnational narratives as well in order to understand more fully the role of narrative in …
Claims to Macedonian Identity: The Macedonian Question and the Breakup of Yugoslavia
L'opposition entre les Grecs et la minorite ethnique macedonienne (question qui domine les Balkans depuis cent ans) est un conflit entre deux ideologies sur la constitution des identites, histoires et cultures nationales. Les Grecs refusent l'appellation de « macedonien » aux Slaves (car ils la revendiquent pour eux-meme), ainsi que toute independance et reconnaissance de la Republique sous cette appellation
Children of the Greek Civil War: Refugees and the Politics of Memory
The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World
Greeks and Macedonians both assert that they, and they alone, have the right to identify themselves as Macedonians. The Greek government denies the existence of a Macedonian nation and insists that all Macedonians are Greeks, while Macedonians vehemently assert their existence as a unique people. This work examines the Macedonian conflict in the light of contemporary theoretical work on ethnic nationalism, the construction of national identities …
Humour and Status Reversal in Greek Shadow Theatre
Traditional plays of the Greek shadow theatre deal with the adventures of Karaghiozis, a poor Greek who is the embodiment of πovηρία (cunning, slyness). Plays of the comic type, and more specifically, plays in which Karaghiozis assumes a position requiring certain skills, have a standard narrative structure or plot which can be summarized as follows : A wealthy Turkish pasha or vizier, looking for a person to perform a job which requires certain …
National Conflict in a Transnational World: Greeks and Macedonians at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Diaspora 3:3 1994 National Conflict in a Transnational World: Greeks and Macedonians at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Loring M. Danforth Bates College 1. Introduction In the present era of globalization, ethnic nationalism can no longer be understood simply as a relationship between an ethnic minority and the dominant nation of the state in which it lives. The deterritorialization of national communities, brought about by l…
Tradition and Change in Greek Shadow Theater
GREEK SHADOW THEATER, which is primarily an urban phenomenon, was largely ignored until recently by Greek folklorists, who focused their attention almost exclusively on the culture of rural Greece.The decades of the 1960s and 1970s, however, witnessed a remarkable surge in interest in Greek shadow theater.'Much attention was devoted to the link between Greek shadow theater and ancient Greek comedy, the relationship between the Greek and the Turki…
The Rôle of Dance in the Ritual Therapy of the Anastenaria
The Anastenaria is a ritual involving trance and possession which is performed in several villages and towns in northern Greece. It is a ritual system of psychotherapy which is often effective in treating illnesses that in Western psychiatric terms would be considered psychogenic in nature. This paper focuses on the rôle of the dance of the possessed Anastenarides in the therapeutic system of the Anastenaria. I hope to show that this dance contri…
We Crossed a Lot of Borders: Refugee Children of the Greek Civil War
The evacuation of 28,000 refugee children from villages in northern Greece by the Communist Party of Greece in 1948 was one of the most controversial chapters of the Greek Civil War, a conflict whose traumatic impact has continued to polarize modern Greek society. A bitterly contested aspect of this evacuation was the issue of whether these children were removed with or without the permission of their parents. After a difficult journey to Eastern…
The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World
Being Muslim the Bosnian Way: Identity and Community in a Central Bosnian Village. Tone BRINGA
Humour and Status Reversal in Greek Shadow Theatre
Traditional plays of the Greek shadow theatre deal with the adventures of Karaghiozis, a poor Greek who is the embodiment of πovηρία (cunning, slyness). Plays of the comic type, and more specifically, plays in which Karaghiozis assumes a position requiring certain skills, have a standard narrative structure or plot which can be summarized as follows : A wealthy Turkish pasha or vizier, looking for a person to perform a job which requires certain …
The Rôle of Dance in the Ritual Therapy of the Anastenaria
The Anastenaria is a ritual involving trance and possession which is performed in several villages and towns in northern Greece. It is a ritual system of psychotherapy which is often effective in treating illnesses that in Western psychiatric terms would be considered psychogenic in nature. This paper focuses on the rôle of the dance of the possessed Anastenarides in the therapeutic system of the Anastenaria. I hope to show that this dance contri…
Comment on McNeill's The Metamorphosis of Greece Since World War II
Tradition and Change in Greek Shadow Theater
GREEK SHADOW THEATER, which is primarily an urban phenomenon, was largely ignored until recently by Greek folklorists, who focused their attention almost exclusively on the culture of rural Greece.The decades of the 1960s and 1970s, however, witnessed a remarkable surge in interest in Greek shadow theater.'Much attention was devoted to the link between Greek shadow theater and ancient Greek comedy, the relationship between the Greek and the Turki…
Death Ritual of Rural Greece
The Death Rituals of Rural Greece
Rembetika: The Blues of Greece. 1982. Produced by Phillipe de Montignie and Zelda Ro‐senbaum and directed by Phillipe de Montignie
Passing Shadows . 1984. Produced and directed by Barrie Machin
Chapter 4. The Resolution of Conflict through Song in Greek Ritual Therapy
Firewalking and Religious Healing: The Anestanaria of Greece and the American Firewalking Movement
Claims to Macedonian Identity: The Macedonian Question and the Breakup of Yugoslavia
L'opposition entre les Grecs et la minorite ethnique macedonienne (question qui domine les Balkans depuis cent ans) est un conflit entre deux ideologies sur la constitution des identites, histoires et cultures nationales. Les Grecs refusent l'appellation de « macedonien » aux Slaves (car ils la revendiquent pour eux-meme), ainsi que toute independance et reconnaissance de la Republique sous cette appellation
National Conflict in a Transnational World: Greeks and Macedonians at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe
Diaspora 3:3 1994 National Conflict in a Transnational World: Greeks and Macedonians at the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe Loring M. Danforth Bates College 1. Introduction In the present era of globalization, ethnic nationalism can no longer be understood simply as a relationship between an ethnic minority and the dominant nation of the state in which it lives. The deterritorialization of national communities, brought about by l…
The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World
Greeks and Macedonians both assert that they, and they alone, have the right to identify themselves as Macedonians. The Greek government denies the existence of a Macedonian nation and insists that all Macedonians are Greeks, while Macedonians vehemently assert their existence as a unique people. This work examines the Macedonian conflict in the light of contemporary theoretical work on ethnic nationalism, the construction of national identities …
Transnational Influences on National Conflict: The Macedonian Question
Being Muslim the Bosnian Way: Identity and Community in a Central Bosnian Village. Tone BRINGA
The Macedonian Conflict
The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World
Tolerance, Nationalism, and Human Rights in Macedonia
Letters
Is the "World Game" an "Ethnic Game" or an "Aussie Game"? Narrating the Nation in Australian Soccer
Through an analysis of recent developments in Australian soccer, I extend Homi Bhabha's work on the nation as a problem of narration in two principal ways. I demonstrate that sport, like literature, is a fertile site for narrating the nation. I also illustrate the value of moving beyond the exclusive study of national narratives to the study of ethnic and transnational narratives as well in order to understand more fully the role of narrative in …
We Crossed a Lot of Borders: Refugee Children of the Greek Civil War
The evacuation of 28,000 refugee children from villages in northern Greece by the Communist Party of Greece in 1948 was one of the most controversial chapters of the Greek Civil War, a conflict whose traumatic impact has continued to polarize modern Greek society. A bitterly contested aspect of this evacuation was the issue of whether these children were removed with or without the permission of their parents. After a difficult journey to Eastern…
Children of the Greek Civil War: Refugees and the Politics of Memory
The Resolution of Conflict Through Song in Greek Ritual Therapy
Firewalking and Religious Healing: The Anastenaria of Greece and the American Firewalking Movement
Crossing the Kingdom: Portraits of Saudi Arabia
For many people, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia evokes images of deserts, camels, and oil, along with rich sheikh in white robes, oppressed women in black veils, and terrorists. But when Loring Danforth traveled through the country in 2012, he found a world much more complex and inspiring than he could have ever imagined. With vivid descriptions and moving personal narratives, Danforth takes us across the Kingdom, from the headquarters of Saudi Aram…
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