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Penavin Olga néprajzi tárgyú írásai
Ethnographic Writings of Olga Penavin

Author(s): Csilla Utasi
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: Hungarian folk culture; former Yugoslavia; ethnography; ethnographic writing; synthesis

Summary/Abstract: Olga Penavinʼs most important ethnographic monograph, entitled A nagycsaládszervezet Szlavóniában (Kórógyon) was published in 1981. The collected writings of her ethnographic és folklore subject appeared in Értekezések, Monográfiák titled series in 1983, published by the Institute of the Hungarian Language, Literature and Research. The well-known researcherʼs studies describing tangible (way of living, customs) and intellectual, mental aspects of the Hungarian folk culture in former Yugoslavia were granted a place in the completeness-aiming volume. The paper explores the theoretical and professional basis of monograph and of ethnographic studies.

  • Issue Year: 17/2016
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 80-87
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Hungarian