ETHNOGRAPHIC WRITINGS OF OLGA PENAVIN

Abstract

Olga Penavinʼs most important ethnographic monograph, entitled A nagycsaládszervezet Szlavóniában (Kórógyon) was published in 1981. The collected writings of  her ethnographic és folklore subject appeared in Értekezések, Monográfiák titled series in 1983, published by the Institute of the Hungarian Language, Literature and Research. The well-known researcherʼs studies describing tangible (way of living, customs) and intellectual, mental aspects of the Hungarian folk culture in former Yugoslavia were granted a place in the completeness-aiming volume. The paper explores the theoretical and professional basis of  monograph and of ethnographic studies.