Ksenija Atanasijević i antropologija
KSENIJA ATANASIJEVIĆ AND ANTHROPOLOGY

Author(s): Svetlana Slapšak
Subject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, Social Sciences
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Anthropology; basic anthropological methods; intrigue; anonymous letter; gossip; group; cultural intimacy
Summary/Abstract: This short overview of the use of basic anthropological procedures in the oeuvre of Ksenija Atanasijević has the aim to confirm the definition by Ljiljana Vuletić, who posited that Ksenija’s philosophy is anthropological philosophy. In several of her published articles Ksenija Atanasijević ventured into the methods of anthropology by defining, describing and making a certain typology of people who create and transfer intrigues. Another group of people she treated in the same way, as objects of anthropological research, were the authors of anonymous letters and gossipers. Ksenija Atanasijević did not hide her negative attitude towards such people, but in her description she also provided elements of customs, rituals, gestures, ways of expressing, modulations of voice: A reader could recognize a group, a ”tribe”, something similar to the Cultural Intimacy as defined by Michael Herzfeld. This application of anthropological methods complies with the assessment by Ljiljana Vuletić.

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