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 209
... married off my daughter in Belgrade . With her first husband she didn't have much luck , for after several months he was killed . She married again and now is happier , with a son and a daughter . My mother died in 1943 , and my wife ...
... married off my daughter in Belgrade . With her first husband she didn't have much luck , for after several months he was killed . She married again and now is happier , with a son and a daughter . My mother died in 1943 , and my wife ...
Page 221
... married while the rest died as children . After my grandfather's death , my father , being the oldest , remained the head of the zadruga while two of his brothers became good merchants in Belgrade . My father married twice . With his ...
... married while the rest died as children . After my grandfather's death , my father , being the oldest , remained the head of the zadruga while two of his brothers became good merchants in Belgrade . My father married twice . With his ...
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 |
Orašac Village Today | 37 |
Copyright | |
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