CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Saracevic, Jovana |
|---|---|
| Title | Vojvodinian Regional Identity: A Social Fact or a Modern Construct? |
| Summary | In certain circumstances, regional identity distinguishes itself as a very important type of social identification which is able to compete with other powerful identities, such as national, ethnic and religious. This thesis analyzes the concept and emergence of regional identity, as well as the features that make it attractive to the inhabitants of regions. Moreover, the thesis focuses on the Vojvodinian identity examining who supports and who opposes the regional identity idea, analyzing the specific socio-historical features of the province that allow for the emergence of the regional identity and discussing political implications as well as motives of different political and public actors in the regional identity building. The empirical part of this thesis includes focus groups and interviews with the youth of Vojvodina, with the purpose to establish whether the young people have developed regional identity feelings and how much their feelings match the current political discourse surrounding the Vojvodinian identity building. It also aimed to establish whether differences in this respect can be observed between the different ethnic groups (Hungarian, Serb, Romanian, Greek), whose members were part of the research. The findings indicate that regional identity does take an important place for most of the participants, but that regional identity feelings do not exclude feelings of other powerful identifications. Also, no striking differences were noticed between the youth from different ethnic groups of Vojvodina. |
| Supervisor | Kovacs, Andras |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/saracevic_jovana.pdf |
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