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Bride theft and social maneuverability in western Bosnia

Anthropological quarterly47 (3)Published In 1974 • Pages: 253-269

By: Lockwood, William G..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this work Lockwood analyzes the relationship between social organization and alternative forms of marriage among rural Muslims of western Bosnia. The author presents the argument that elopment by being equated with actual bride theft, provides the most flexible and manipulative method of forming intra-household alliances (p. 253).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Mode of marriage
Arranging a marriage
Nuptials
Termination of marriage
Kin relationships
Parents-in-law and children-in-law
Siblings-in-law
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Bosnian Muslims
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1997
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Europe
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southeastern Europe
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
article
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Ethnologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
John Beierle ; 1996
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1966-1968
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1966-1968
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Bugojno, Bosnia and Herzegovina
NotesAdditional notes
William G. Lockwood
Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-269)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
32029126
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Bosnians