MIXED MARRIAGES OF SERBIAN AND ENGLISCH POPULATION IN LONDON

Abstract

Ethnic mixed marriages are very convinient for indicating the group introversion. Emigrants who come to the foreing countries are more then other forced to get married to the native people or they have more opportunities for doing so.

Inmixed marriages, various forms and aspects of relationship are made which more or less influence the preservation or loosing of ethnical identity of the minority group, comparing with the majority group.

Emigrating of the Serbs into Great Britain is relatively new phenomenom. It has not the character of a mass-migrations which was the case with the overseas migration and migratin of our population into other west-europian countries. Ethnic mixed marriages are bringing about the permeating of the cultures which reflects on both husband and wife.

Through the example of our emigrants in Great Britain, we can conclude that they have not been completely asimilated. They kept the traditional form of living, even if they had accepted the values and social behaviour of the other spose. However, they have not identified themselves with him. They are trying to keep their ethnical identity and to remain loyal to their tradition through the customs.

Our research shows that the two-thirds of Serbian-English marriages in London are made between a Serbian woman and an Englishman, which is to be expected. Agreat number of masculin population of emigrants makes only one-third of marriages, which shows the character of regection in the cultural contact.