essay
The cultural ecology of Albanian extended family households in Yugoslav Macedonia
Communal families in the Balkans : The Zadruga: Essays by Philip E. Mosely and essays in his honor • Notre Dame, Ind. • Published In 1976 • Pages: 232-243
By: Grossmith, Christopher J., Byrnes, Robert Francis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the extended family households (Zadrugas) of the Muslim Albanians living in several villages in Macedonia. Grossmith presents data on the family structure of the villagers, their household work patterns, income, land ownership, wealth accumulation, marriage, concepts of honor, and women's status in the society.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Household
- Extended families
- Gender status
- Labor and leisure
- Labor supply and employment
- Kinship terminology
- Annual cycle
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Albanians
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2012
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Sociologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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; 2011
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973-1975
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1973-1975
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northwestern Macedonia
- NotesAdditional notes
- C. J. Grossmith
- Includes bibliographical reference
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 74027892
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zadruga