Migrant Brick- and Tile-Makers from the Island of Kythnos in Athens During the First Half of the Twentieth Century: A Gendered Perspective

Michalis A. Bardanis ()
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Michalis A. Bardanis: University of Ioannina

Chapter Chapter 14 in Gender and Migration in Historical Perspective, 2022, pp 451-484 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This article discusses a large group of inner migrant brickworkers from the island of Kythnos (Greece) who worked at the brickyards of Athens, from a gendered perspective. Interaction of both sexes and their agency are studied by scrutinizing their families and their extended social and labour networks. Several contextual—methodological aspects, such as seasonal or permanent work, male and female migration, labour division among men and women, hands-on experience and managerial responsibilites, as well as notions like kinship, marriage, family ties, ethno-local networks, skills, assets, and dowry will be taken into consideration. The analysis is divided in five sections: (a) labour division and transfer of knowledge; (b) decision making process and the role of dowry; (c) paternalistic management; (d) permanent settlement and the ethno-local labour network of Kythnians; (e) integration process and external networks.

Keywords: Brickmaking; Athens; Kythnos; Migration; Gender; Family business (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-99554-6_14

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