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 125
Crooking her left hand around the head of the distaff she pulls out a tuft of wool ,
deftly twisting it into yarn with the thumb and forefinger of her left hand . At the
same time she holds the top of a slender spindle in her right hand , rotating it by a
...
Crooking her left hand around the head of the distaff she pulls out a tuft of wool ,
deftly twisting it into yarn with the thumb and forefinger of her left hand . At the
same time she holds the top of a slender spindle in her right hand , rotating it by a
...
Page 143
There are still a few homes where the children kiss the hands of their elders and
stand up when they enter the room , but they ... For the everyday course of action
hand - kissing has been replaced by a nodded greeting and simply the words ...
There are still a few homes where the children kiss the hands of their elders and
stand up when they enter the room , but they ... For the everyday course of action
hand - kissing has been replaced by a nodded greeting and simply the words ...
Page 171
Formerly it was of hand - woven cotton trimmed with lace edging , but today it is
more apt to be fashioned from store - bought flannel . In recognition of his
position as the honored godfather , he is presented with a pair of knitted stocks ,
hand ...
Formerly it was of hand - woven cotton trimmed with lace edging , but today it is
more apt to be fashioned from store - bought flannel . In recognition of his
position as the honored godfather , he is presented with a pair of knitted stocks ,
hand ...
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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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