Description
About the Author
Kathryn A. Kozaitis is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology at Georgia State University.
Reviews
In a masterful blend of ethnographic detail and challenging theory, Kozaitis charts the lasting impact of financial austerity on middle-class residents of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki. Reaching beyond the stereotypes of the so-called 'Greek Crisis,' Kozaitis takes readers on a colorful and at times emotional tour of the local consequences of a global disaster. She reminds us that although Greece might now be out of the international media spotlight, the consequences of a decade of structural readjustment continue unabated in every aspect of everyday life. This book is a valuable contribution to ethnographies of austerity and crisis, studies of solidarity and resistance, and represents a key contribution to twenty-first century European ethnography. * Daniel M. Knight, University of St. Andrews *
Kozaitis explores the effects of enforced economic austerity on ordinary lives in a Greek city. Indebted is an eloquent testament to the residents' extraordinary resilience, self-awareness, and capacity for deep solidarity in the face of a cruel and unexpectedly rapid erosion in the quality of their lives. * Michael Herzfeld, Harvard University *
Indebted is ethnography at its finest. It takes us deep into the lives of people in Thessaloniki (Salonica) as they grapple with the shock of a broken economy and the fall from a comfortable, middle-class life, to previously unimaginable austerity. * H. Russell Bernard, University of Florida *
Book Information
ISBN 9780190090142
Author Kathryn A. Kozaitis
Format Paperback
Page Count 256
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 272g
Dimensions(mm) 137mm * 208mm * 13mm