ABSTRACT
Sociological and ethnological research in rural Greece and in the Epirus region in particular has identified a number of changes in demography and family, economy and politics, society, and ways of thinking which have occurred. Chrysovitsa’s production today far exceeds what can be consumed locally by the families or the community. In fact, the greater part of its production is sold, thanks to the support provided by two large agricultural co-operatives, a significant level of investment, and bank loans. A family history reveals both the processes of social reproduction such as the handing down of fortunes or occupations and signs of intergenerational identification and unconscious repetition, which lead us on to a more socio-psychoanalytic level of analysis. There is some similarity in the relationship with money. Just as family time binds up the life of the household with everyday work in the fields, so personal and family spending is confused with productive expenditure.
