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The study aims to, in terms of the sociology of morality, analyzes the characters of women in the oldest Serbian epic poems using sociological content analysis. The results indicate the social evaluation of moral characteristics of women, moral actions and personal qualities ascribed to women in the oldest epic poems, moral judgment, sanctions and moral imperatives. Also indirectly indicate the former social status of women and the amount of social power which she possesses. One gets the insight into a part of the mores of a given period of time, sometimes inseparable from the moral community and moral beliefs of folk singers. Female characters should provide and respect life. Highly valued marital fidelity of women, as well as honesty, honor, sacrifice and empathy. To religion and ethnicity poets also subjoin moral value. Respect and obedience to authority are implemented in the moral character of women and form an inseparable part, although they are not accurately moral qualities.

Argues that many Bulgarians perceive postcommunist decollectivization as a variation of communist-era collectivization, based in part on conversations with residents of the village of Zamfirovo. Many parallels between collectivization & decollectivization are identified: both were state attempts to enforce new agricultural arrangements; both used similar methods, including the threat of force & economic coercion; both enhanced state control; both politicized agriculture; & both were used to achieve multiple goals. Collectivization was, simultaneously, a way to address agriculture's economic problems, a mechanism of central control in rural areas, & a symbol of communist transition. Decollectivization prior to Oct 1992 was, simultaneously, a way to address agriculture's economic problems, a means of weakening communism's rural power base, & a symbol of postcommunist transition. Since 1992, however, the importance of anticommunism to the transition has declined. As a result, the interpretation of decollectivization as a reprise of collectivization is no longer apt. 24 References. E. Blackwell