Cultural and Social Representations on the Border: From Disagreement to Coexistence

• Authors: Jurij Fikfak
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In the twentieth century, certain locations, symbols, and ritual practices along the Italian-Slovenian border were subject to various social and cultural representations. During that century, they primarily represented a subject of disagreement between both ethnic communities; however, in the last ten years, some groups and local authorities have been seeking opportunities to live together in coexistence.

Keywords

EN

ritual; symbol; social poetics; Slovenia; Italy; partisan; neo-fascism; discourse; graffiti

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human Affairs
• Year: 2009
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 350-362

Dates

published

2009-12-01

online

2009-12-23

Contributors

author

Jurij Fikfak

• Institute of Slovenian Ethnology, Scientific Research Centre, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Gosposka 13, Ljubljana 1000, Slovenia

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10023-009-0049-1