Cultural Stereotypes in the Byzantine-Slavic Confessional Milieu in Slovakia Cover Image

Kultúrne stereotypy v byzantsko-slovanskom konfesionálnom prostredí na Slovensku
Cultural Stereotypes in the Byzantine-Slavic Confessional Milieu in Slovakia

Author(s): Peter Žeňuch
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Slovenský komitét slavistov a Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava SAV, v.v.i.
Keywords: Ethnic identity; language identity; confessional identity; Rusnak (rusnak); Rusin; Slovak; Greek-Catholic Church

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the culture-historical and linguistic-historical context in use of terms Rusin – Rusnak (rusnak) in the West Slavic language milieu. The application of this term is evidenced in the context of the Byzantine-Slavic confessional tradition in the Carpathians and in the Eastern Slovakia as a sign of confessional, social as well as ethnic identity.

  • Issue Year: 49/2014
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 121-137
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovak
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