CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Raznatovic, Milica |
|---|---|
| Title | Identity Shifting in Border Regions: the Case of Montenegro |
| Summary | This thesis explores the phenomena of national identity shifting in border regions within the context of nation-building project in contemporary Montenegro. It takes the viewpoint of identity, national identity in particular, as a category of practice as well as analysis that is in the constant process of change. This thesis adopts the concept of everyday ethnicity, a term borrowed from Rogers Brubaker, and examines the way national identities are being framed from the top-down perspective by analysing the official narratives of self-proclaimed representatives of these identities. This is followed by an ethnographic study conducted in border regions that illustrates the conceptualisation of national identities by individuals who have themselves changed their national identity at a certain point of their lives. This thesis shows that there is a great influence of socio-political circumstances on national identities, where the existence of borders does not play a significant role, pointing out a particular fragmentation of society in terms of national self-identification in the context of post-independence nation-building project, where less than half of the population self-identifies as Montenegrin. |
| Supervisor | Michael Miller |
| Department | Nationalism Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/raznatovic_milica.pdf |
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