Open AccessThe Legend of the Old Shoemaker and the Metro Customer Card
Author(s) -
Ivan Kovačević
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
etnoantropološki problemi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-8801
pISSN - 0353-1589
DOI - 10.21301/eap.v5i1.4
Subject(s) - legend , history , art , art history
The legend of the old shoemaker and the Metro customer card tells how an old shoemaker was persuaded by his relatives to apply for a customer card at the Metro Cash & Carry store so that they could use the card for their own needs. Thus they ran up a big debt that the old man was unable to repay. This legend is an example of a transition legend about losers in the tansition process who were unable to develop the necessary skills and adjust themsleves to life under the new systemsystem