Praca w tradycyjnej kulturze chłopskiej
Work in Traditional Peasant Culture

Author(s): Jan Grad
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology, Labor relations, Social Norms / Social Control
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Adama Mickiewicza
Summary/Abstract: The traditional concept of work is associated with practical activities for obtaining the means of satisfying life’s needs. In the historical process, work as a physi- cal activity became a sign of low social status, a mark of slavery and a distinguishing feature of the peasant state. The positive valorisation of physical labour took place in Polish folk culture after the abolition of serfdom and serfdom as forced labour. It was during this period that the peasant work ethos was formed and farm work became the basis of peasant dignity and state honour. The cultural status of farm work in the rural traditional community was determined not only by its practical importance as the basis of peasant existence, but also by the formation of a whole magical-religious and ritual sphere around it.

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