SOCIÁLNA STRATIFIKÁCIA V KONTEXTE SÚČASNÝCH FAŠIANGOV (NA PRÍKLADE TROCH OBCÍ ZÁHORIA)

• Authors: Jágerová Margita

Title variants

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Social stratification in the context of contemporary carnival (on the example of three villages in Záhorie region)

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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Social stratification can be considered a universal cultural phenomenon. It is based on the biological differences between men and women, but also on the overall division of labour, subsequently the functions of the individual in the family and community, while also affecting the sphere of rituals and the distribution of tasks in this area. The presented study focuses on monitoring the connection of social stratification based on gender, age and ethnicity, with the occupation of ritual roles within the framework of contemporary carnivals in three localities of Záhorie region (Borský Mikuláš, Šaštín-Stráže, Štefanov). The study wants to answer the question of who the current carnival actors are in terms of belonging to individual gender, age and ethnic groups, as well as whether they are single or married individuals. It monitors to what extent and whether these social-stratification categories are currently relevant in the occupation of ritual roles and the activation of individual social groups of residents during carnivals based on these criteria. In terms of theoretical-methodological starting points, the study follows Kornélia Jakubíková’s (1990) statements about the disappearing importance of gender-age affiliation in the sphere of wedding customs, but also the processes of masculinization or feminization of life cycle rituals, which this author addressed. The study is based on knowledge of the traditional carnival rituals, following changes in this area during the 20th century, but above all study provides an insight into the current state, based on the author’s qualitative ethnological research.

Keywords

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SOCIAL STRATIFICATION; GENDER; ETHNICITY; RITUAL; CARNIVAL; ZÁHORIE REGION

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovak Ethnological Society, and Slovak National Museum - Ethnological Museum (in Martin)
• Journal: Etnologické rozpravy (Ethnological Disputes)
• Year: 2024
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 39 – 53

Contributors

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Jágerová Margita

• Ústav manažmentu kultúry a turizmu, kulturológie a etnológie, Filozofická fakulta, Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre, Hodžova 1, 949 01 Nitra, Slovak Republic

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9793-2880

Identifiers

DOI

10.31577/EtnoRozpra.2024.31.2.04