Културна граница у искуству чешког лекара др Бохумила Боучека поводом боравка у Црној Гори 1875/76. године
Cultural Boundary in the Experience of Czech Doctor Bohumul Bouček Regarding his Stay in Montenegro 1875/76.

Author(s): Miloš Luković
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Ethnohistory
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: Dr Bouček; Czech (Habsburg royal country); Montenegro; cultural differences
Summary/Abstract: Czech doctor Bohumil Bouček was sent to Montenegro by the Austro-Hungarian government in order to give medical aid-treatment to participants of the Herzegovina Uprising (1875/76), who were treated in Šavnik, on the border between Montenegro and Herzegovina. Staying in an unfamiliar society dr. Bouček faced huge cultural differences in relations with the Czech and Austro-Hungarian society where he originated. That is why he hardly endured crude life in the Dinara’s area where he was staying, as well as the manners and habits of Durmitor’s highlanders (he tried to change some of these manners and habits). In time dr. Bouček started to understand the socio-political structure of that society and the mentality of its people. He especially liked the children. Later, when he left Montenegro he kept in touch with some people in this society. Moreover, dr. Bouček sent musician Ludvig Kuba and his son – a doctor and other intellectuals from the Czech to Šavnik. When the Balkan Wars broke out in 1912, he was encouraged to sum up his experience during this stay in Šavnik and Montenegro, and wrote a book titled “With Wounded Montenigrins“ (1912). This book, based on published letters, had various editions. In this book and further appearances he identified himself with people from Montenegro he had met, and crossed cultural differences between Montenegrin society and his homeland.

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