Naslov
The Death of Child in Rural Communities Among South Slav (Western Part)

Autori
Vondraček-Mesar, Jagoda

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Ethnological and Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Death - Book of Abstracts / Židov, Nena - Ljubljana : Slovenski etnografski muzej, Univerza v Ljubljani, Fil. fakul., 1998, 13-13

Skup
Ethnological and Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Death

Mjesto i datum
Ljubljana, Slovenija, 05.11.1998. - 08.11.1998

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
death; child; rural communities; South Slavs; ethnology

Sažetak
Collected material about death and funeral rites in general shows that the death of a child (baby) and procedure connected with it have not been thoroughly elaborated. It seems as if they were neglected in the process of research. Actually, the child, due to his/her age, does not have any social role and therefore his/her death does not represent a social event.This paper takes into consideration both the premature birth and miscarriage. Death could come upon a child during delivery, during the period of his/her mothers childbed, either before babtism or after it, and all these circumstances influence the funeral rite indicating the degree of a child's integration into community. Considering the lack of information, a survey of various proceedings with an aim of turning death away, protecting the child during pregnancy, delivery and its life is given. The age of a dead child is also reflected in various ways of mourning-prescribed, tolerated ways of grief expression, including a prohibition of any kind of public mourning.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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