The Patriarchal Paradigm in Migration: The Social Challenges of the Serbian Family in Hungary After the Great Migration

Szvetlána Borál

doi:10.18778/8331-033-6

The Patriarchal Paradigm in Migration: The Social Challenges of the Serbian Family in Hungary After the Great Migration

Szvetlána Borál

University of ELTE, Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Slavonic Studies

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4076-7591 (unauthenticated)

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Migrations in the Slavic Cultural Space. From the Middle Ages to the Present Day

Series: Series Ceranea

Pages: 29-43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-033-6.03

Keywords: migracja, migracja etnosu serbskiego w XVI-XIII wieku, historia Słowian południowych zachodnich wschodnich, asymilacja, emigracja w literaturze

Published: 30 December 2022

Categories: History, Open Access

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Inhabiting the Upper Danube in Hungary after the Great Migration of 1690, Serbs and other Balkan peoples brought not only the culture and tradition of their homeland, but also a kind of patriarchal pattern that was deeply rooted in all social and private spheres of immigrant life. No laws, threats or punishments could change this patriarchal paradigm, and customary rules was above the law. Although many changes in family life and the position of women have been visible since the third decade of the 18^th century, most of the harmful customs continued to be practiced in the later period. In this paper, we deal with family conflicts among Serbian immigrants, which are reflected in intergenerational conflicts, the harsh customary right of parents to sell girls for marriage and its consequences, as well as gender inequality.

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Borál, Szvetlána. 2022. “The Patriarchal Paradigm in Migration: The Social Challenges of the Serbian Family in Hungary After the Great Migration”. In Migrations in the Slavic Cultural Space. From the Middle Ages to the Present Day, edited by Zofia A. Brzozowska, Piotr Kręzel, and Izabela Lis-Wielgosz, 10:29-43. Series Ceranea. Poland: Lodz University Press. https://doi.org/10.18778/8331-033-6.03.