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Obstacles to the development of a Yugoslav national consciousness: ethnic identity and folk culture in the Balkans
Journal of Mediterranean studies • 1 (1) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 18-36
By: Simić, Andrei.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article deals generally with the origins and characteristics of nationalism in Yugoslavia, with special reference to the Serbs. Simic suggests that ethnic conflicts in the region are based not only on nineteenth century European concepts of nationalism, but also on '…an older and equally pervasive folk ideology in this area of the Balkans. The strength of ethnic particularism is evident in the failure of the Yugoslav socialist regime to create a genuine nation-state after more than four decades of attempts to foster a pan-Yugoslav consciousness' (p. 18).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History and culture change
- Cultural identity and pride
- Tribe and nation
- Ethnosociology
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Serbs
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1996
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1966-1985
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Serbia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Andrei Simic
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 93641917
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Serbs