Ethnological Research, No. 22, 2017.
Review article
‘The Great Garments’ – An Overview of the Symbolic Dimension of Bunjevci Women’s Traditional Ceremonial Clothing
Aleksandra Prćić
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Abstract
Against the backdrop of the new approaches to studying garments, in this paper Bunjevci women’s traditional ceremonial clothing – garments (locally referred to as ruvo), will be observed in the symbolic context that shows the belonging to the specific social group, lifestyle and the status of the person wearing them, or the woman’s identity. Moreover, based on the information collected in the professional literature and interviews with the members of the local public, this paper provides an overview of the meaning conveyed by the garments in the past as opposed to the meaning that is currently conveyed by them. In other words, it shows how specific items of the traditional ceremonial clothing worn by Bunjevci women, as cultural products with a symbolic dimension, functioned as signs in everyday environment. In addition, the paper presents the colours preferred by Bunjevci women for the making of the garments, as well as the role of the colour of clothing in the stratification of women in the society.
Keywords
traditional clothing; woman’s traditional clothing; Bunjevci women; Vojvodina
Hrčak ID:
198099
URI
Publication date:
29.12.2017.
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