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@emc

. The author refers to Stathis Damianakos («The ethos and culture of the dangerous classes in Greece»)

The forum revived an old discussion about Ferris’s programmes, in which Damianakos was mentioned again.

@theos1960

“The folk creation is expressively perfect not only because its long-term elaboration from generation to generation shapes and rounds it off, just as the river rounds and smooths the pebbles it carries downstream until it gives them the flawless shape of a cobble, but also because it is precisely through this collective elaboration that the forces of its ceaseless adaptation to the common aesthetic come into play.”
Stathis Damianakos, 2001, «Sociology of rebetiko», new edition, Plethron, Athens