The Economy of Jars: Kindred Relationships in Bulgaria - An Exploration

Date
1989
Authors
Smollett, Eleanor Wenkart
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Publisher
Ethnologia Europaea
Abstract

People transform inherited cultural patterns to serve their needs under new circumstances. Networks of kindred relationships exemplify this process. Under socialist conditions in Bulgaria, kindred relationships assist in people's transitions from cooperative farming to the working class, and from rural to urban life. Kin connections also contribute to solving life problems for which social solutlons a re not yet adequately institutionalized. Research should examine kin networks in their contemporary roles, rather than viewing the importance of kinship connections as merely an anachronism.

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Bulgaria
Citation
Smollett, Eleanor Wenkart. "The Economy of Jars: Kindred Relationships in Bulgaria - An Exploration". In: ETHNOLOGIA EUROPAEA, (Odense, Denmark - journal of the International Society for Ethnology and Folklore), XIX:2, 1989.