Румуни у Банату. Особености идентитета
The Romanians in Banat. Particularities of Identity

Author(s): Mircea Măran
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: identity; Romanians; Banat; minority; bilingualism
Summary/Abstract: Romanians are a Banat ethnic minority of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, a minority which has played a role in the historical development of the province. Present in over 40 settlements in the area, Romanians have from the very beginning been an integral part of a multiethnic, multicultural and multiconfessional milieu which has maintained its characteristics until now. This population’s expression of their identity has different forms which make it unique for many reasons. Besides the national and ethnic Romanian identity, there are other forms of identity, namely: state – formerly Yugoslavian, now Serbian, regional – Banat identity, which is very prominent in most members of this minority, local – related to affiliation to a certain place of birth or residence and finally religious, mostly Orthodox Christian, which in most cases is concomitant with the ethnic identity. All these types of identity are intertwined, complementing each other, but can also cause some degree of confusion and uncertainty, and even led to conflict and cancelling each other out. These findings were confirmed by our research, conducted among the students of the final year of high school late last year, and the results are presented in this paper.

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