- Elias Petropoulos
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birth_date = 1928
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death_date = 2003
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children =Elias Petropoulos (1928 – 2003), who was born in Greece but spent much of his life in France, holds a unique place in the intellectual life of Europe. A self-described "urban anthropologist," he wrote widely and seriously on aspects of Greek life which were rarely considered objects of serious study: the design of the ubiquitous balconies, courtyards, ironwork, and windows of Greek buildings, the methods and vocabulary of preparing coffee and the art of telling fortunes from coffee-grounds, the traditional layout and functioning of brothels, the role of bean soup as an unheralded Greek national dish, the specialized slang of the Greek homosexual scene — it is claimed that his book "Kaliarda" ("Καλιαρντά") was the first dictionary of
gay slang in any language — the Greek drug users' underworld, and above all, the Greek musical formrebetiko , of which he was certainly the major historian. His major work, "Rebetika Traghoudhia," extensively documents the lyrics and instrumentation of this music, as well as the lifestyle associated with it. The publication of the first edition of this book in Greece in 1968 so scandalized the ruling dictatorship that he was jailed for five months. [cite web
url= http://laniel.free.fr/INDEXES/BooksIndex/Rebetika-Petropoulos/Petropoulos_Rebetika_TDM.htm
title= Songs of the Greek Underworld
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accessdaymonth= October
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accessyear= 2008
author= Ed Emery] He also published poetry, both original and in translation.Biography
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Petropoulos was the author of a large number of books, most of which have not been translated into English and many of which are out of print. The following select bibliography attempts to list all of his books in English or French, and the major works in Greek.
Books by Elias Petropoulos:
*"Καλιαρντά" 2nd. ed, Athens, Kedros, 1971.
*"A macabre song: testimony of the goy Elias Petropoulos concerning anti-Jewish sentiments in Greece." With a postscriptum by Pierre Vidal-Naquet, texts translated from the Greek and from the French by John Taylor. Paris : [s.n.] , 1985 (Paris : Atelier Mérat)
*"Old Salonica." Athens, Kedros, 1980.
*"Rebetika : songs from the Old Greek Underworld" translated by John Taylor, illustrated by Alekos Fassianos. London, Alcyon Art Editions, 1992. ISBN: 1874455015
*"Ρεμπέτικα τραγούδια". 2nd ed., Athens, Kedros, 1983.
*"Songs of the Greek Underworld: The Rebetika Tradition." Trans. with introduction and add. text by Ed Emery. London, Saqui Books, 2000.Awards
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