The Cemetery on the Cultural Borderland of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Analysis of the Structure of Trnovac Cemetery in Tuzla Cover Image

Cmentarz na bośniacko-hercegowińskim pograniczu kulturowym. Analiza struktury tuzlańskiego cmentarza Trnovac
The Cemetery on the Cultural Borderland of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Analysis of the Structure of Trnovac Cemetery in Tuzla

Author(s): Iga Bolewska
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Instytut Slawistyki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: borderland; cemetery; tombstone; multidenomination; multiethnicity; multinationality; Tuzla; Trnovac;

Summary/Abstract: This article presents an analysis of the tombstones in the Trnovac cemetery of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The studied area was characterized with an emphasis on the features of the local cultural borderland and the history of the city. The text also includes the description of the study and its results. The aim of the presented analysis was to indicate departures from the expected state which result from the characteristics of this borderland, and to attempt to explain them. The importance of the cemetery as a source of information was also emphasized.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 1-19
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish