Diaspora and Diasporic Awareness: An Аnalysis of the Oral Discourse of the Serbs from Szigetcsép in Hungary Cover Image

Дијаспора и дијаспорична свест: анализа усменог дискурса Срба из Чипа у Мађарској
Diaspora and Diasporic Awareness: An Аnalysis of the Oral Discourse of the Serbs from Szigetcsép in Hungary

Author(s): Marija Ilić
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: anthropological linguistic; field research; the Serbs in Hungary; discourse; Diaspora; ideology

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses concepts of Diaspora and Diasporic awareness across various discourse types. In the introductory part, it is distinguished between two main concepts: a “conventional” and a postmodern one. Special emphasis is placed upon the concepts of Diaspora that were employed in the oral discourse of the Serbs from Szgietcsép in Hungary. Through the analysis and interpretation of the narratives it is argued that interlocutors’ oral discourses reflect an ideological diversity which varies from a conventional, organic model of Diaspora to an experience of “Otherness” that goes along with being a minority in every single national culture.

  • Issue Year: LVIII/2010
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 147-162
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Serbian