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Nerves and Nostalgia: Expression of Loss Among Greek Immigrants in Montreal
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Nerves and Nostalgia: Expression of Loss Among Greek Immigrants in Montreal
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| Abstract |
The authors interviewed first-generation Greek immigrant women in Montreal about nonspecific somatic symptoms. The concept of "nevra" (nerves), which was central to these discussions, was used to link environmental and psychosocial variables with distress and painful physical states. The authors discuss the cultural construction of female identity in Greece and analyze the negative effect of immigration on self-esteem, often manifested as attacks of nevra.
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Canadian Family Physician/Médecin de famille canadien
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Vol. 36
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253-258
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February 1990
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en
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Lock, Margaret, and Pamela Wakewich Dunk. “Nerves and Nostalgia: Expression of Loss Among Greek Immigrants in Montreal.” Canadian Family Physician/Médecin de famille canadien Vol. 36 (February 1990): 253–258. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2280637/.
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