Ethnology, Myth and Politics
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19th Century Discovery
A01=Dunja Rihtman-Augustin
A01=Jasna Capo Zmegac
Author_Dunja Rihtman-Augustin
Author_Jasna Capo Zmegac
Balkan cultural studies
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Common Language
croatian
Croatian Ethnological
Croatian ethnology and politics research
Croatian Lands
Croatian Literary Language
Croatian National
Croatian National Theatre
Croatian Peasant Party
Croatian Popular Culture
Croatian Social Liberal Party
Cultural Historical Methodology
Demarcation Lines
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Ethnologia Europaea
Ethnological Research
European Ethnology
folk culture analysis
Mediaeval Croatian Kingdom
Modern National Movements
Myth Symbol Complex
mythomoteur theory
national identity formation
peasant nationalisation
Road Side Memorials
socialist era anthropology
South Slavic
Study Folk Culture
Vice Versa
Vuk Stefanovic
Wild Man
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780754640394
- Weight: 407g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 28 Jul 2004
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The book offers a critical overview of Croatian ethnology written by the most prominent Croatian ethnologist/ anthropologist in the second half of the 20th century - Dunja Rihtman-Augustin (recently deceased). She was the first Croatian ethnologist to break with the long established tradition of diffusionist (culture area) studies of her contemporaries and start to anthropologize Croatian ethnology. This book, compiled and completed by Jasna Capo Zmegac, highlights some crucial remarks with regard to the relationship between ethnology and politics. They are formulated as a series of research questions and problems, including: the role of folk culture as mythomoteur, cannonization of the folk culture, nationalization of the peasants in the 19th century and the role of ethnology. This vividly written text offers an exceptional insight into Croatian ethnological developments in the past century, as well as into crucial ruptures in Croatian society which have had important repercussions on ethnological discipline.
Dunja Rihtman-Augustin, Professor, originally a journalist, was the head of the Institute of Folk Art in Zagreb from 1972-1986 and President of the Croatian Ethnological Society.
