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Why would a girl swear to stay a virgin? What kind of tradition sanctions this form of self-denial? In a mountainous area of Albania, an ancestral code of laws -- observed to this day -- placed women in the bottom rank of society. It dictates that "a woman is a sack, made to endure." A wom...

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Corporate Authors: Dones Media, Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana
Other Authors: Dones, Elvira, 1960-
Format: Video
Language:Multiple languages
English
Language Notes:Albanian; English, subtitles in English.
Published: New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2008.
Series:Filmakers library online.
Subjects:
Sex role > Albania.
Women > Albania > Social conditions.
Albania > Social life and customs.
Rôle selon le sexe > Albanie.
Femmes > Albanie > Conditions sociales.
Manners and customs
Sex role
Women > Social conditions
Albania
Documentary.
Streaming videos.
documentary film.
Nonfiction films
Documentary films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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