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Text and context in Serbian ritual lament
Canadian-American Slavic studies • 15 (1) • Published In 1981 • Pages: 52-60
By: Halpern, Barbara.
Abstract
This is a study '…of ritual lament as part of the repertoire of oral genres in a contemporary 'traditional' oral culture, concern is with context as much as with text, with function, with how people communicate in a given social situation' (p. 52). The author presents as an example of ritual lament a situation which she recorded in the 1960s in which a cluster of women gathered for a memorial service at a mass grave for several young men killed by lightning several years before. Halpern describes the setting, presents the text of the lament offered by one of the grieving mothers, and analyzes its content.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1997
- Region
- Europe
- Sub Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1996
- Field Date
- 1950s-1970s
- Coverage Date
- 1950s-1970s
- Coverage Place
- Serbia
- Notes
- Barbara Kerewsky-Halpern
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 73641861
- LCSH
- Serbs