THE GOOD, THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE UGLY: CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF CORPORAL BEAUTY IN MACEDONIAN TRADITIONAL CULTURE
THE GOOD, THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE UGLY: CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION OF CORPORAL BEAUTY IN MACEDONIAN TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Author(s): Ilina JakimovskaSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Институт за етнологију и антропологију
Keywords: body; beauty; Macedonia; oral folk tradition; socio-biology; anthropology; ethnology;
Summary/Abstract: Combining socio-biological, anthropological and philosophical theoretic approaches with ethnographic data from the region of Macedonia, this article tries to detect the relevant criteria for evaluation of corporal beauty in the frames of Macedonian traditional culture.
Journal: Antropologija
- Issue Year: 8/2008
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 65-81
- Page Count: 17
- Language: English