Girlhood And Premarital Life In Traditional Culture Of The Dalmatian Hinterland

Rad obuhvaća primjere iz usmene književnosti i tradicijske kulture koji se odnose na razdoblje djevojaštva i predbračnog života žene Dalmatinske zagore. Primjeri potvrđuju utjecaj tradicijske kulture utemeljene na patrijarhalnom poretku na život žene-djevojke. Tradicijska kultura pojedinim svojim segmentima pokazuje fleksibilnost tradicijskog sustava dajući ženi mogućnost izbora, a iščitava se iz novijih usmeno-književnih zapisima te u pojedinim oblicima predbračnog života.The paper analyses examples from oral literary forms and traditional culture in general, which refer to woman´s young age and premarital life in the Dalmatian hinterland. Central concept is the one of female body. The examples prove the existence of traditional cultural influences on the lives of girls/women, which is based on the patriarchal order. Traditional culture in some of its segments shows certain flexibility of the traditional system by giving women the possibility to choose. This can be recognized in more recent oral literature and in some forms of premarital life