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Gender relationships, matching, and marriage customs in an Irish rural community
Folk life: journal of ethnological studies • 48 (1) • Published In 2010 • Pages: 13-34
By: Humphreys, Margaret (Marguerita T.).
Abstract
This study of marriage and family life in an Irish village is based on recorded interviews. The author examines gender roles, relationships and socialization within the home. Sex was a taboo subject. Older interviewees commented that there was no sex instruction in the home; in fact, sex as a topic of discussion was discouraged by parents and the bodily changes of daughters were entirely ignored by their mothers. Marriage was an important goal for females and matchmaking was the traditional mode. The author notes changes in courtship practices and weakening parental control over young adults and marriage.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2017
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- British Isles
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Folklorist
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 2014
- Field Date
- 1998-1999
- Coverage Date
- 1930-1999
- Coverage Place
- "Kilbrack," County Cork, Munster, Ireland
- Notes
- Margaret Humphreys
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 65068947
- LCSH
- Ireland--Rural conditions