Das Deutsche Volksblatt für Galizien als Spiegel der Identitätskonstruktion und sprachideologischer Debatten zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts
The Deutsches Volksblatt für Galizien as a Mirror for the Identity Construction and of Debates on Language Ideology in the Early 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the question of how the Galician Germans’ national identity and cultural togetherness were constructed in the press. Texts from the Deutsches Volksblatt für Galizien (DVG), the press organ of the Union of Christian Germans of Galicia, serve as empirical material. They allow the reconstruction of one of the numerous strands of discourse regarding the identity of the Galician Germans. As the analysis shows, the construction of this identity was based on three central aspects: origin, values, and cultural commonalities. Among the latter was the common German language which, in discourse at the beginning of the 20th century, represented an important cultural asset and a significant component of collective identity. As a consequence, the DVG called for attention to the preservation and maintenance of the German language in family, school and church contexts.

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