Reprezentacije i funkcije etničkih, kulturnih i političkih granica u procesima hrvatske nacionalne identifikacije u prvoj polovini 19. stoljeća
Representations and Functions of Ethnic, Cultural and Political Borders in the Processes of Croatian National Identification in the First Half of the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the processes of national identification during the Croatian National Revival, taking into consideration its relations with (South) Slav ethnic and cultural identity and Croatian political position in the Austrian Empire. It aims to show the possible reasons why the Croatian National Revival and Vojna krajina (Military Border), as one of its most frequent motifs, are perceived as controversial, paradoxical or as open wounds (Rapacka) in contemporary Croatian culture. In conclusion, the origin of such perceptions is found in the ambivalent functions which the Croatian National Revival and Military Border have had in the processes of real or symbolic opening and closing of national borders.

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