Letter to Dimitrie Gusti (21.10.1938)

Abstract

This section contains two important documents here published for the first time. The first is the text of a paper presented by St.C.-G. in 1939 at the Romanian Institute for Social Research and meant to accompany 12 sociological maps on the practices and interdictions concerning confined women in 35 villages of Țara Oltului (Olt county). This paper will allow us to reconstruct the lost maps in the near future. The second document consists of three completed forms of the social inquiry conducted by Șt. C.-G. concerning the everyday lives of students in an industrial College of Bucharest during World War II. The Report prepared by D. Gusti in view of awarding the Vernescu Academy prize to Șt. C.-G. for her book The Household in the Beliefs and Magic Rituals of the Women of Drăguș (Făgăraș), an activity report by Șt. C. and two letters (one by D. Gusti and the other by a former student teaching in her turn) complete the picture of Șt. C.-G. at a professional and a personal level.

Keywords

• sociological map
• practices
• interdictions
• confined woman
• social inquiry
• D. Gusti
• Romanian Academy