Studio portrait of actress Vela Nigrinova as 'Ljubica' Visualizing Family, Gender Relations, and the Body. The Balkans approx. 1860-1950 Ana Djordjevic editor Centre for Southeast European History, University Graz Centre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Graz o:vase.1351 Muzej Pozorišne Umetnosti Srbije Museum of Theater Art of Serbia II-1202 Ethos Total Culture Special Garments Clothing Adornment Postures Living Standards and Routines Music Arts Drama Arts Musical and Theatrical Productions Commercialized Entertainment Personal Names Individuation and Mobility Status, Role, and Prestige Individuation and Mobility Social Stratification Marrige Familiy Serbia Belgrade Belgrade 20.46513,44.80401 Photograph Photographer 1900-1902 Milan Jovanović Jovanović, Milan Full-length shot of a woman dressed in traditional Serbian folk attire, wearing an embroidered jelek over an embroidered shirt and a 'pregača' (traditional embroidered apron with a geometric pattern). The shirt is fastened with a belt decorated with a 'pafte' (richly ornamented metal buckle). A wooden fence and a painted canvas backdrop are creating the impression of the scene being set outdoors. Ljubica is a character in Janko Veselinović's and Dragomir Brzak's play 'Đido'. Vela (Avgusta) Nigrinova (1862, Ljubljana – 1908, Belgrade) was the daughter of a Czechoslovakian father and a Slovenian mother. She married Davorin Jenko, a Slovenian composer and the author of the Serbian national anthem 'Bože pravde'. Vela is considered a superb early Serbian actress. For the major part of her acting career she lived in Belgrade and played at the Royal Serbian National Theatre. The folk attire she is wearing was typical of the Serbian Danube and Save valleys and of the area around Belgrade. Not specified Panel 209 108 Serbia Belgrade