A Serbian VillageA 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 143
For the everyday course of action hand - kissing has been replaced by a nodded
greeting and simply the words " ljubim ruku ” ( I kiss your hand ) . One villager ,
today the head of a household of eight members , including a son and several ...
For the everyday course of action hand - kissing has been replaced by a nodded
greeting and simply the words " ljubim ruku ” ( I kiss your hand ) . One villager ,
today the head of a household of eight members , including a son and several ...
Page 203
This concept is relative , of course . By the time villagers have reached forty they
are respected as elders by younger people ; a man is called čiča , a general term
for uncle , and may start carrying a cane when he goes to market , as a symbol ...
This concept is relative , of course . By the time villagers have reached forty they
are respected as elders by younger people ; a man is called čiča , a general term
for uncle , and may start carrying a cane when he goes to market , as a symbol ...
Page 209
Dragoljub is a miner and now earns about 10 , 000 dinars a month . My son
Dragan was sent by the mine to attend a course to become a mechanic . He
finished the course and got a diploma as a skilled worker . He was then called to
serve his ...
Dragoljub is a miner and now earns about 10 , 000 dinars a month . My son
Dragan was sent by the mine to attend a course to become a mechanic . He
finished the course and got a diploma as a skilled worker . He was then called to
serve his ...
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Contents
The Setting | 1 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Orašac Village Today | 37 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | A Serbian Village A Serbian Village, Joel Martin Halpern Volume 4 of Human relations area files: Serbs |
| Author | Joel Martin Halpern |
| Illustrated by | Barbara Kerewsky Halpern |
| Publisher | Columbia University Press, 1958 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2006 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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