Samostalnost i/ili podređenost: ambivalencija društvenog položaja žena na Zlarinu
Independence and / or Subjugation: The Ambivalence of the Social Position of Women on the Island of Zlarin

Summary/Abstract: The status of rural women in the social environment of the population of a not big Dalmatian island of Zlarin is discussed in the article. First, the reflections of this status in proverbs as specific indicators of cultural ideology is being considered. Then follow the observations on the income and social treatment of the women from the 17th century, which could been detected in the body of texts of 47 testaments of that time. The description of the status of women regarding their labor share, economic power and degree of self-confidence which dominated in the first half of the 20th century is added to that. While in symbolic phenomena of culture that status seems to be second-rate and seemingly suppressed in public life, at the same time the rural women themselves led the organisation of family production, thus creating material profit and existential resources, and had prominent role in preserving local cultural identity.

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