And We are Doing as the Elders Used to Say... The Youth in Peasant Families of Prigorje and Hrvatsko Zagorje between the Two World Wars Cover Image

A mi smo kak su stari rekli... Mladi u seljačkim obiteljima Prigorja i Hrvatskog Zagorja između dva svjetska rata
And We are Doing as the Elders Used to Say... The Youth in Peasant Families of Prigorje and Hrvatsko Zagorje between the Two World Wars

Author(s): Suzana Leček
Contributor(s): Snježana Ivanović (Translator)
Subject(s): Economy, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Rural and urban sociology, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: Hrvatsko etnološko društvo
Keywords: peasant family; the youth; Prigorje; Hrvatsko zagorje;

Summary/Abstract: The article shows the role of the youth in the family economy of the peasant families of Prigorje and Hrvatsko-Zagorje between the two world wars. The period of youth has been observed through two aspects: working ability of the youth, and choosing the spouse, which is one of the most important decisions for the whole household. Contracting a marriage meant founding a new economic unit (or supporting the old one). Therefore this decision is not left up to personal attraction, but to common appraisal of the responsible members of the family (elder generation).

  • Issue Year: 29/1999
  • Issue No: 22
  • Page Range: 231-246
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Croatian