Old-Vlah Era from the Ivanjica District: Construction from the Time of Jovan Cvijić and Contemporary Images Cover Image

Старовлашки Ера ивањичког краја у Цвијићево и данашње време
Old-Vlah Era from the Ivanjica District: Construction from the Time of Jovan Cvijić and Contemporary Images

Author(s): Desanka Nikolić
Subject(s): Psychology, Customs / Folklore, Recent History (1900 till today), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, 19th Century
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: Jovan Cvijić; Ivanjica; Old Vlah; Era; psychological character; adaptations; traditional inheritance;

Summary/Abstract: The paper gives a brief account of the ethno-psychological research among Serbs, with a particular emphasis on Jovan Cvijić’s work on psychological characters among old-Vlah Eras. We make comparisons on attitudes on psychological characters of the contemporary population of the Ivanjica district (sense of humor, religious affiliation, hospitality, loyalty to the local tradition, knowledge as an ideal) with Cvijič’s descriptions on mentality of the same population. A conclusion to be drawn is that the personality of old-Vlah Era, since the Cvijić’s writings until today, did not change very much. The personality of Era is in a phase of adaptation to contemporary time, but it did not lose values of the earlier generations, that is, it still incorporates the traditional inheritance.

  • Issue Year: LIII/2005
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 381-388
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Serbian