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Title: A Stranger's Supper: An Oral History of Centenarian Women in Montenegro

Details
Series:             Twayne's Oral History Series
Language:        English

Size
Length:        160 Pages
Weight:        1.1 Pounds
Height:         10 Inches
Width:          6.5 Inches
Thickness:    1 Inches



Publisher Notes
"Men are fighters. Who would protect us? Everything else has to be taken care of for them. That is what women are for". So says Milena, one of ten women one hundred years old or more who in this oral history offer a rare look inside the traditional tribal culture of Montenegro. Interviewed by Zorka Milich, herself a descendant of Montenegrins and a fluent speaker of their Serbian language, these articulate centenarians explain what life was like for the women behind Montenegro's warriors. Milich's ease with the women of the country of her parents' birth makes possible intimate and lively conversation where shyness and reserve with outsiders are the norm. They talk about their relationship with their husbands, their experience of childbirth (which women often underwent outdoors or in a barn, sometimes alone), the pain of losing a son to war and not being able to grieve openly (pride that he gave his life for Montenegro was the "correct" response). And they give eyewitness accounts of historic events - the Balkan Wars, World War I, and World War II - as they played themselves out in this remote and barren country the Montenegrins call Crna Gora, or Black Mountain.



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Book Details Summary: The title of this book is A Stranger's Supper: An Oral History of Centenarian Women in Montenegro and it was written by Zorka Milich. This edition of A Stranger's Supper: An Oral History of Centenarian Women in Montenegro is in a Hardcover format. This books publish date is November 1995 and it has a suggested retail price of $42. There are 160 pages in the book and it was published by Twayne Pub. The 10 digit ISBN is 0805791310 and the 13 digit ISBN is 9780805791310. For the most current lowest price, Click Here.