National Versus Regional Identity: the Case of Orawa
National versus Regional Identity: the Case of Orawa
Author(s): Ryszard KantorContributor(s): Ljubica Katunar (Translator)
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Nationalism Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Filozofski fakultet
Keywords: national identity; regional identity; Orawa region; Polish-Slovakian border; national consciousness;
Summary/Abstract: The author aims to present the formation process of ethnic and national consciousness among the inhabitants of Orawa over the past one hundred years, paying special attention to the external factors influencing this process. Against this background, an attempt is made to explain the present state of split consciousness of the Polish Orawa population and predict, as far as possible, the future development of national consciousness in the region. It is claimed that national consciousness can be replaced with "substitute" declarations of regional identity only under exceptional conditions and on a short-term basis.
Journal: Studia ethnologica Croatica
- Issue Year: 1994
- Issue No: 6
- Page Range: 127-135
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English