TRADICIJA I VERTIKALNA KLASIFIKACIJA OBITELJSKIH ODNOSA
TRADITION AND VERTICAL CLASSIFICATION OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Summary/Abstract: ln anthropological and ethnological literature it is mentioned that the disintegration of multi-generat/onal family communities in Croatia led to the disintegration of traditional family relationships based on patriarchai principles of priority of the male sex and old age. Drawing upon Schwartz's theory of vertical classification of social relationships, especially on his thesis of the dual role of the stool in symbolizing social polarlzatlon, the authoress analyzes photographs from Croatian families taken during the 1930s to demonstrate that the stool can be considered as a sound indicator of remnants of traditional, patriarchic features in the life of the two-generational, nuclear family.

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