Direct Observation: Growing Up and the First Glimpses of East and West During Christmas.
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Date
2011
Authors
Riak, Patricia
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Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek
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Abstract
The paper engages with experiential material from personal life. The experiential experience
is related to growing up and learning to understand the meanings related to
Greek Orthodox religion. As part of growing up in Australian society, the religious
experience connected with Greek identity encouraged the opportunity to compare and
contrast religious and secular constructions in order to distinguish what is meant out
of both Greek and non-Greek understandings of both religiosity and secularity during
Christmas time. The paper reflects most experiences from the first twenty years of my
life living in Australia and some more recent reflections from my current three and a
half year residency in the United States.
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Greek Research, Greece, Australia, Patricia Riak
Citation
Riak, Patricia 2009. Direct Observation: Growing Up and the First Glimpses of East and West During Christmas. In M. Rossetto, M. Tsianikas, G. Couvalis and M. Palaktsoglou (Eds.) "Greek Research in Australia: Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial International Conference of Greek Studies, Flinders University June 2009". Flinders University Department of Languages - Modern Greek: Adelaide, 191-200.