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За материалната култура от етнографско гледище
On Material Culture from an Ethnographic Point of View

Author(s): Hristo Vakarelski
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН

Summary/Abstract: An attempt is made in this article to show the ethnic originality of material culture as the subject of ethnographic research. The author considers the objective and subjective factors which condition the basic law-governed processes and specific features in the development of the phenomena of folk material culture. The author indicates as the most essential guides to the specifics of material culture the influence of natural and historical conditions, but does not neglect the social factor.

  • Issue Year: 1977
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 31-40
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bulgarian