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The Szekler Identity in Romania after 1989
The Szekler Identity in Romania after 1989

Author(s): Áron Coceancig
Subject(s): Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Post-Communist Transformation, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Politics and Identity
Published by: Editura Universitaria Craiova
Keywords: Transylvania; szeklers; national identity; minority rights;

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyze the development of the Szekler identity in the post-communist Romania. The Szeklers, Hungarian speaking population of Romania, have had an interesting process of identity that has been reinforcing in the last years. Starting points of the article are the categories of ethnic and national identity. Based on the theoretical framework of the modernist and the ethno-symbolism (the first focused on the idea of Nation-building, the second on the presence of an ethnic background to the national consciousness) we want to look for factors and promoters of the Szekler identity, paying particular attention to the institutions, rituals and symbols that have favoured the transmission of national culture. The article want to identify the main tools used to reinforce the Szekler identity after 1989, also analyzing the space that the Szeklers have had in the socialist Romania.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 46
  • Page Range: 218-228
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English