Review article

The White Plague

Aida Brenko orcid.org/0000-0003-4912-0081 ; Etnografski muzej, Zagreb, Hrvatska

Abstract

The paper analyzes the phenomenon of the white plague in the area of Slavonia which was present from the middle of the 20th century to the begining of the World War II. It was a time when the serfdom in Croatia ended and major changes occurred in the farming production, and with that also on the social and cultural plane. With the transition from the barter to the monetary economy changes occur in all segments of life including the attitude towards the children. In the changed circumstances, when a large number of children seemed undesirable, women adopted the practice of abortion with appalling consequences to their personal health. The paper presents all the judgments of values shown by the authors who wrote about this phenomenon and how during time the reasons for birth control changed according to the economical, social and ideological changes.

Keywords

birth control; white plague; depopulation; abortion; Slavonia

Hrčak ID:

37057

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/37057

Publication date:

5.1.2006.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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