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 110
... usually embellished with a fine hand- woven , embroidered towel draped over the frame . Other small photographs of relatives , many of them in military uniform , adorn the whitewashed walls . On the day of the household's slava , the ...
... usually embellished with a fine hand- woven , embroidered towel draped over the frame . Other small photographs of relatives , many of them in military uniform , adorn the whitewashed walls . On the day of the household's slava , the ...
Page 189
... usually marry in order of age . The only usual exceptions to this are boys who have continued with their education or who have learned a trade . Occasionally a younger sister is allowed to marry first , but this makes the position of ...
... usually marry in order of age . The only usual exceptions to this are boys who have continued with their education or who have learned a trade . Occasionally a younger sister is allowed to marry first , but this makes the position of ...
Page 300
... usually operated by machinery , many of the peasants found it hard to conceive of them as being individually owned and not operated by the state . A few men offered large sums of money for the purpose of having tractors or jeeps sent ...
... usually operated by machinery , many of the peasants found it hard to conceive of them as being individually owned and not operated by the state . A few men offered large sums of money for the purpose of having tractors or jeeps sent ...
Contents
The Setting | 1 |
Serbia and Orašac in the Nineteenth Century | 21 |
Orašac Village Today | 37 |
Copyright | |
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