Title Rural families in Soviet Georgia : a case study in Ratcha Province / Tamara Dragadze

Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1988

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) : illustrations Series International library of anthropology International library of anthropology Contents BookCover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- (I) The area -- 1 Abari Village -- 2 Ratcha Province -- 3 Soviet Georgia -- (II) The Ethnographic Context -- (III) Fieldwork and Academic Problems -- 1 The Georgian Villager in the Soviet Context -- (I) Notions Concerning the State -- (II) Administration -- (III) Legalities -- (IV) Economic Aspects -- (V) National Culture -- (VI) The Villagersâ€? Views 2 The Social and Economic Organization of Domestic Units(I) Definition -- (II) The Ideal -- (III) Variations -- 1 Migration -- Jobs -- The Lure of the Towns -- Status and Occupation -- 2 Demographic Factors -- (IV) The Tasks of Domestic Units -- 1 Identity, Moral Support and Residence -- 2 The Provision of Food in a Socially Acceptable Way -- 3 Sex, Procreation and Socialization -- 4 The Collective Wealth of Domestic Units -- 5 Inheritance -- 6 The Domestication of Religious Life -- (V) The Organization of Domestic Units 1 The Distribution of Authority2 The Division of Labour in the Home -- 3 Obtaining and Spending Income -- 4 Collective Wealth for Suitable Heirs -- 5 The Pressures to Maintain Domestic Harmony -- (VI) Domestic Units and the Village -- 1 The Reputation of the Village -- 2 Domestic Units and the Outside World: the Ritual of Hospitality -- 3 Kinship and Marriage -- (I) Kinship -- 1 â€?Bloodâ€? Kin -- 2 Affines -- (II) Marriage -- 1 Marriage Negotiations -- 2 Abduction and Elopement -- 3 The Wedding Ceremony -- (III) â€?Spiritualâ€? Kin 1 Milk Brotherhood2 Sworn Brotherhood -- 3 Godparenthood -- (IV) Fulfilment and Prosperity through Kinship and Marriage -- (V) Conclusion -- 4 The Role Complex of Domestic Life: Growing Up in Rural Georgia -- (I) Socialization -- 1 Birth -- 2 School -- 3 Youth -- (II) Marriage Status and Household Adjustment -- (III) Parenthood -- (IV) Grandparenthood -- (V) Senility and Advanced Old Age -- (VI) Adjustments at Death -- (VII) Conclusion -- 5 The Morality of Age, Gender and Kin Distinctions -- (I) Gender Differences 1 The Role of Women in the â€?Great Georgian Traditionâ€?2 Women the Guardians of Literacy -- 3 Women in the Village -- 4 Gender Distinctions in Everyday Life -- (II) The Distinctions of Age -- (III) The Morality of Kin Distinctions: Summary -- (IV) Conclusion -- 6 The Domestic Unit in Transition: Continuity and Change -- (I) General Approaches; Analytical Frameworks -- 1 Social Change Theory -- 2 The Choice of Suitable Criteria for Evaluation -- (II) General Background in Georgia for Assessing Change Analysis Georgia (Soviet Socialist Republic). Rural regions Family life Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-221) Notes Print version record Subject Rural families -- Georgia (Republic) -- Rachin Range Region FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Alternative Family. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS -- Reference. Manners and customs Rural conditions Rural families Familie Ländlicher Raum Sociale situatie. Platteland. Familie. Paysannerie -- U.R.S.S -- Géorgie -- Relations familiales -- Cas, études de. Famille -- U.R.R.S -- Géorgie. Famille rurale -- Géorgie. SUBJECT Rachin Range Region (Georgia) -- Rural conditions Rachin Range Region (Georgia) -- Social life and customs Subject Georgia (Republic) -- Rachin Range Region Rachin Range Géorgie -- Conditions rurales -- 1970-2000. Géorgie -- Moeurs et coutumes -- 1970-2000. Géorgie (U.R.S.S.) -- Conditions rurales. Géorgie (U.R.S.S.) -- Mœurs et coutumes. Form Electronic book ISBN 0203168607 9780203168608 9786610055289 6610055289 9780415006194 0415006198 9781134987115 1134987110 9781134987061 1134987064 9781134987108 1134987102 9781138993679 1138993670

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