A Serbian VillageColumbia University Press, 1958 - 325 pages A condensed version of the author's doctoral dissertation published in 1956 under title: Social and cultural change in a Serbian village. |
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Page 190
... marriage a very determined young couple may elope , usually to the boy's house . Even in these cases an attempt is ... marriage for him . Even today the prospective bride and groom may sometimes not be aware of their impending marriage ...
... marriage a very determined young couple may elope , usually to the boy's house . Even in these cases an attempt is ... marriage for him . Even today the prospective bride and groom may sometimes not be aware of their impending marriage ...
Page 195
... marriages must be registered with the Village Council . Under the present law the registration and a brief accompanying ceremony , consisting of the Village Council President read- ing several paragraphs of the marriage law , is ...
... marriages must be registered with the Village Council . Under the present law the registration and a brief accompanying ceremony , consisting of the Village Council President read- ing several paragraphs of the marriage law , is ...
Page 223
... marriage . One man explained that if he ever got the notion to go to another woman he would wait until his daughters were grown up and married , for it would be a disgraceful reflection on them . By the same token , if a married man had ...
... marriage . One man explained that if he ever got the notion to go to another woman he would wait until his daughters were grown up and married , for it would be a disgraceful reflection on them . By the same token , if a married man had ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Peasant Plowing with Cows BY BRANKO SEVENTH GRADE | 28 |
Copyright | |
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