[PDF] A Serbian Village In Historical Perspective eBook

Author : Joel Martin Halpern
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 25,23 MB
Release : 1956
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780231877237

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An anthropological study of a village in Yugoslavia, chosen for the cultural dynamics this area. From the field work and data collected, the author details the various aspects of village life, offering a rare view into the only Slavic country open to American investigators during this time.

Author : Christos Mylonas
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 47,3 MB
Release : 2003-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 6155211205

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This book is a comprehensive exposition of the interaction of a national (the Serbian people) and a religiou (the Orthodox Christian faith) content, in the formation of a distinctive national identity and a mode of being. Its interdisciplinary approach, drawing on sociology, social anthropology, theology, political theory, Balkan historiography, and Serbian folklore, is deployed to provide a powerful and original analysis of how Serbian Orthodoxy has resulted in the sacralisation of the Serbian nation by framing the parameters of its existence. Addresses the following questions: what 'makes' a Serb? Are meaningful assumptions possible by introducing Serbian Orthodoxy as the primal point of reference? Why does religion appear to have an especially strong appeal?

Author : Thomas M. Wilson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1487 pages
File Size : 42,36 MB
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : History
ISBN :

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This two-volume encyclopedia profiles the contemporary culture and society of every country in Europe. Each country receives a chapter encompassing such topics as religion, lifestyle and leisure, standard of living, cuisine, gender roles, relationships, dress, music, visual arts, and architecture. This authoritative and comprehensive encyclopedia provides readers with richly detailed entries on the 45 nations that comprise modern Europe. Each country profile looks at elements of contemporary life related to family and work, including popular pastimes, customs, beliefs, and attitudes. Students can make cross-cultural comparisons-for instance, a student could compare social customs in Denmark with those in Norway, compare Greece's cuisine with that of Italy, and contrast the architecture of Paris with Amsterdam and Barcelona. Culture and society are changing in each region and nation of Europe due to many political and economic forces, both inside and outside of each nation's borders. This encyclopedia considers many of the transformations connected to globalization, as well as traditions that still hold strong, to provide a complete assessment of the processes that make European societies and cultures distinctive.