Patriarchy in the Balkans - Dominant Ideology or a Scale of Variation? (The Case o Voyvodovo, Village of Czechs and Slovaks in Bulgaria)
2017
Abstract
The topic of the article is the scope and limits of the model of patriarchal gender relations in the Balkans. Ethnographic material of Voyvodovo, a village of Czechs and Slovaks in Bulgaria, is used to test the general applicability of this model.
The author analyzes sexual division of labour, inheritance practices or marriage strategies in Voyvodovo, as well as the local folk model of gender relations. Gender ideology and practice of gender relations of Voyvodovo villagers are set in the context of the Balkan societies to discuss to what extent this village presents an exception in the "Balkan patriarchal model".