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Title in English Jewel as a Hallmark
Authors

KŘÍŽOVÁ Alena

Year of publication 2007
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Národopisná revue
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
Keywords ornamentality jewell hallmark decotaion function structuralism
Description The title of the contribution Jewel as a Hallmark glosses the thesis by Peter Bogatyrev called Folk Costume as a Hallmark because it itilizes the identical method of functional structuralism, which is applied on various forms of human bodys decoration and on various appearances of a jewel. This is what expresses the fact that - in common with the clothing - the decoration and jewel present a mean of non-verbal communucation. Similarly, the individual functions od decoration and jewels are determined: 1. practical, 2. magic, 3. family and 4. social one, 5. function of distinguishing the ethnical groups, professional and amateur associations and 6. erotic and aesthetic functions that run through the previous categories simultaneously.
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