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The Serbian family in America: cultural continuity, syncretism, and assimilation
Serbian studies • 1 (4) • Published In 1983 • Pages: 21-35
By: Simić, Andrei.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This paper represents an ethnographic approach to the description and analysis of the Serbian American family avoiding in the process purely quantitative measures in favor of cultural features that characterize the Serbian family embedded as it is in the matrix of American society. The author discusses family values, ethnicity, generational differences, and cultural assimilation.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Ethos
- Cultural identity and pride
- Age stratification
- Family
- Family relationships
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Serbian Americans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- 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
- ca. 1973-1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1970s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Andrei Simic
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 34-45)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84640483
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Serbian Americans