Identitáskonstrukciók Észak-Bácskában a 19. század közepén
On Constructing Ethnic Identity in Northern Bácska in the Middle of the 19th Century

Summary/Abstract: In the study we pay attention to the original document that can be interpreted in many ways. Laslo Nebojski has recently published an original document in German with Hungarian translation under the title Ethnographic-geographical description of the settlements in northern part of Backa during 1859–60. (Publishing House Argument, National Library “Széchényi”, Budapest, 2017). The collection is part of a detailed survey ordered by the Governor of Banat of Temes to be done in many villages in the province (27 settlements). Based on this material we tried to analyze the process in which, as a result of social construction, different identities were created in multiethnic villages. Internalization of identities is a set of different processes. In the Hungarian state, which has been multiethnic from the very beginning, particularly is interesting the history of identity forming of existing ethnic communities, including the Hungarians.

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