KOSOVO AS SACRED LAND AND THE SOURCE OF THE MYTHS THAT CONSTITUTE THE SERBIAN IDENTITY
KOSOVO AS SACRED LAND AND THE SOURCE OF THE MYTHS THAT CONSTITUTE THE SERBIAN IDENTITY
Author(s): Srđan Lj. ŠljukićContributor(s): Angelina ČANKOVIĆ POPOVIĆ (Translator)
Subject(s): Cultural history, Museology & Heritage Studies, Customs / Folklore, Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Матица српска
Keywords: Kosovo and Metohija; culture; society; economy; politics; cultural perspective; sacred land; Serbian identity; myths; national identity; cultural heritage; collective memory; cultural discourse;
Summary/Abstract: One can speak about Serbia’s province of Kosovo and Metohija from a number of angles: political, economic, geopolitical, etc. One of the possible angles is the one of culture. Thereby, culture should be considered to be one of the three constitutive parts of a society – besides economy and politics – and by no means some unimportant ‘remainder’ the society could do without. Simply, there is no human society without culture. In this discourse I intend to survey two issues which I find to be essential when the cultural aspects of the problem of Kosovo and Metohija are in question, and the two are closely related mutually: Kosovo as the Serbs’ sacred land and Kosovo as the source of myths which constitute the Serbian identity.
Journal: Literary Links of Matica srpska
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 4-5
- Page Range: 252-260
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English
