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Paris in the Springtime
DIANE BENNETT (Diane.Bennett@VUW.AC.NZ)
Thu, 4 May 1995 15:56:06 +1200
A Greek village (pop. about 1400 in the winter) in which I did field work
called itself "the little Paris." But that was referring to the pre-war,
pre-depression period, in the days "when they tied up their dogs with
(links of) sausages."
What made the village Paris-like then, to them, was its style and flair,
based on the affluence of the larger land owners. Some of them ordered
clothes, furniture and plumbing fixtures from France; some studied abraod,
some traveled aborad. The village was cosmopolitan, like a little Paris.
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