Open AccessFamily and rural community in Sumadija
Author(s) -
F Nikola Pavkovic
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke/zbornik matice srpske za društvene nauke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0836
pISSN - 0352-5732
DOI - 10.2298/zmsdn0315223p
Subject(s) - human settlement , modernization theory , rural settlement , serbian , agriculture , rural area , rural community , period (music) , geography , socioeconomics , economic growth , political science , sociology , archaeology , law , economics , art , linguistics , philosophy , aesthetics
The paper presents ethnological studies of two rural settlements in Šumadija with the characteristics of agricultural, industrial and mining production. They are typical settlements with all significant elements of traditional Serbian culture, but are undergoing significant changes and modernization. The greatest part of the research was carried out from 1971 to 1975, with the additional researches in 1981 and 1982; the researches deal with the period of the first eight decades of the 20th century. The topics of the research are marriage, family and households, rural cooperatives, village as a socio-economical and ceremonial-religious community, elements of law related to rural life. Since 1980, the phenomena of retraditionalization have been observed in rural life