Odnos muškarac-žena u svadbenim običajima sjeverne Dalmacije
The Relationship Between Man and Women as Expressed in Wedding Rituals of Northern Dalmatia
Author(s): Jasenka Lulić-ŠtorićSubject(s): Gender Studies, Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Recent History (1900 till today), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 18th Century, 19th Century, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Hrvatsko etnološko društvo
Keywords: wedding rituals; Northern Dalmatia; man and woman; cultural anthropology; sex roles; patriarchal cultural order;
Summary/Abstract: Northern Dalmatia is a region of two cultural traditions — Dinaric and Coastal Adriatic — which intertwine in many aspects, including the wedding rituals. The coastal zone has been exposed to dynamic cultural change due to commerce and sea-faring activities, as well as to overseas emigration since the second half of the 19th c. Inland Dalmatia has remained more conservative in many aspects of everyday life. The wedding ritual always reflects, the cultural concepts and attitudes of a certain community in a certain time. At the same time it reveals the degree of conformity or resistance of various individuals to cultural norms. Culturally defined sex roles are demonstrated clearly in the wedding ritual. In northern Dalmatia, the power of an individual has been determined primarily by his/her sex. Despite numerous social and economic changes during the second half of the 20th c, the privileged position of men within this patriarchal cultural order is still expressed in all phases of marriage arrangements: asking betrothal and wedding proper. This ritual reality may stand in contrast to everyday life which deviates often from traditional norms.
Journal: Etnološka tribina : Godišnjak Hrvatskog etnološkog društva
- Issue Year: 19/1989
- Issue No: 12
- Page Range: 33-39
- Page Count: 7
- Language: Croatian