The Balkans in Focus: Cultural Boundaries in EuropeSanimir Resic, Barbara Törnquist Plewa Discussing the complex weave of cultural links and the different religious and linguistic groups that have been living side by side in the Balkans for centuries, this anthropological study is the result of a project initiated to create a network of scholars from Scandinavia and the Yugoslav successor states devoted to the study of post-Yugoslav cultural and political developments. Nine papers on problems of cultural boundaries are presented with the idea of countering the picture of the Balkans as a huge borderland where irresolvable age-old ethnic and religious rivalries will inevitably cause conflict as informed by stereotypes and oversimplifications. Topics include the historical crossing of religious borderlines, the legitimizing efforts of elites to create national identities, struggles to declare "ownership" over the origins of a particular musical instrument, and similar topics. |
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
On Religious and Cultural Borderlines in Southeastern | 15 |
South Slav Traditional Culture as a Means to | 45 |
Copyright | |
8 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
according active Association authorities Balkan Balkan culture become belonging borders Bosnia boundaries called Catholic cent century changes church civil claim clubs communist concerns connections considered construction context countries create Croatian culture Croats dances defined diasporic discourse dominant donors elements especially established ethnic Europe European example exist experience fact feel Festival folklore foreign former gender groups gusle hand heritage Herzegovina idea identity ideological important independence individual institutions interesting kind language living Matica means Muslims nationalistic NGOs official organizations origin partisan past played political popular position practices present Press problems published question reason regard region relations religious representatives role seen Serbian Serbs shows similar situation Slovenian social society Stolac structures Studies Sweden symbolic tradition understanding University values violence West Western women Yugoslav Yugoslavia Zagreb