Приче са моравско-словачке границе
Stories from the Moravian-Slovakian Border

Author(s): Jana Pospíšilová
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: ethnology; Czecho-Slovak relations; Moravian-Slovakian border; local identity; collective memory
Summary/Abstract: When Czechoslovakia was established in 1918, the political border between Slovakia (Hungary) and Moravia ceased to exist. In the period between the two world wars, ‘vanishing’ of the frontier was strengthened by the idea of Czechoslovakism which was supported not only by politicians but also by ethnographers. Except for the short period of the Slovakian State (1939-1945), the border was perceived merely as a historical and cultural line until the division of Czechoslovakia in 1993. The newly formed borderline unexpectedly became part of people’s lives, but it did not bring an interruption of cultural contacts or family relations of the inhabitants of the frontier. Ethnological field research discloses changes in the lives of people inhabiting the Moravian-Slovakian frontier and understanding of the real and the mental border with the region of Nedašovské Závrší used as a case study.

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