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Survey Report, Self-Reported Marriage Customs in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2013 application/pdf 613.1 KB 06/27/2014 09:05:AM

Project Citation: 

Doubt, K. (2016). Self-Reported Marriage Customs in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2013 [Data set]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]. https://doi.org/10.3886/E9228V3

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary The study examines Bosnia's cultural heritage as exemplified in marriage customs shared by different ethnic groups, in particular, engagement parties, elopements, traditional weddings, religious ceremonies, civil ceremonies, affinal visitations, and religious endogamy. The purpose is study how marriage customs in Bosnia-Herzegovina reflect both a trans-ethnic heritage shared by Bosnians as a national group and particular ethnic heritages specific to different ethnic groups. A second purpose is to consider the variation of these marriage customs both over time and in relation to age, ethnicity, education, religiosity, and type of settlement. A third purpose is to assess the impact on these cultural practices of the past war from 1992-1996 and measure the resilience of this heritage since the war. Data from this study is included and analyzed in the principal investigator's book, Through the Window: Kinship and Elopement in Bosnia-Herzegovina (Central European University Press: Budapest, Hungary, 2014).
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources Wittenberg University

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms marriage; marriage ceremonies; ethnicity; cultural traditions
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Bosnia-Hercegovina
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/1920 – 12/31/2013 (1920's to 2013)


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