The Land of Weddings and Rain : Nation and Modernity in Post-Socialist Lithuania /

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Based on more than a decade of ethnographic research, The Land of Weddings and Rain examines the components of the contemporary urban wedding in post-socialist Lithuania.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lankauskas, Gediminas (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ontario] : University of Toronto Press, [2015]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Weddings.
Marriage customs and rites.
Man-woman relationships.
Lithuanians > Social life and customs.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > Marriage & Family.
Lituaniens > Moeurs et coutumes.
Relations entre hommes et femmes > Lituanie.
Noces > Lituanie.
Mariage > Rites et ceremonies > Lituanie.
Man-woman relationships > Lithuania.
Weddings > Lithuania.
Marriage customs and rites > Lithuania.
Lithuania.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Soviet propaganda and nationalist reappropriation
  • Exigencies of tradition
  • Catholic enchantment and discontent
  • Time-spaces of a reordered city
  • "Until you grope the ground": food, drink, and modern things
  • Post-socialist scriptum.

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