Conceptualization and symbolization of ethnic identity: Serbs in Hungary

• Authors: Mladena Prelić

Title variants

CS

Konceptualizace a symbolika etnické identity: Srbové v Maďarsku

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper is based on a long-lasting research carried out among the members of Serbian ethnic/national minority in Hungary. The research focused on the topic of ethnic identity. This paper is an attempt to derive the actual concept of ethnic identity out of its results, together with the manner in which it is symbolized in the case of the observed group. The approach assumes that (eth-nic) identity is a socio-cultural construction, whereas the results are based on statements and behavior of the group members themselves - those who declare themselves as Serbs.

Keywords

EN

Serbs in Hungary; ethnic/national minority; ethnic identity; symbols of identity

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Ethnology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Český lid: etnologický časopis (Český lid: Ethnological journal)
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 98
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 239-260
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Mladena Prelić

• Český lid, redakce, Etnologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i., Na Florenci 3, 110 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic