Obitelj, imovina, nasljedna pravila i prakse: postojanost i promjene u selima bjelovarskoga kraja
Family, Property, Inheritance Regulations and Practices: Continuity and Changes in Villages of the Bjelovar Region
Author(s): Danijela Birt KatićSubject(s): Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Family and social welfare
Published by: Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti - Zavod za znanstvenoistraživački i umjetnički rad u Bjelovaru
Keywords: family; co-operative family; Military Frontier; property and inheritance practices; inheritance strategies;
Summary/Abstract: Families, property and inheritance practices are the subject of different scientific disciplines, and in my doctoral thesis I problematized their interrelationship. In the thesis this phenomena’s are analyzed within a specific socio-historical context and thus I aimed to point to the effect of economic, political and social conditions within the study area. The thesis covers the period from the late 19th to the late 20th century, and the major area of research includes the rural area of Bjelovarregion. With the help of archival documents, ethnographic material, and the literature mentioned phenomena will be analyzed in their changes and continuity. Among other things the doctoral thesis points to the existence of different functions and meanings of property (social, economic, symbolic and cultural) and focuses on the values and practices relating to property and its transmission. Analysis and interpretation of sources showed that the structure of the family, its transformation and the issue of inter-generational relationships directly associated with certain means of property transmission.
Journal: Radovi Zavoda za znanstvenoistraživački i umjetnički rad u Bjelovaru
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 9
- Page Range: 141-160
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English, Croatian