The Slovak National Uprising as a national Treasure? Interpretation and Legacy of the SNU in Slovak Political Discourse and National My-thology.
The Slovak National Uprising as a national Treasure? Interpretation and Legacy of the SNU in Slovak Political Discourse and National My-thology.

Summary/Abstract: This article focuses on the interpretation of the Slovak National Uprising (SNU) and its celebration and glorification. Spe-cifically, we attempt to characterise what role the SNU plays in relation to the (re)construction and (re)interpretation of Slovak national history. In terms of the uprising, we identify three differing discourses – the first (and dominant) discourse adores the uprising, the second takes a critical stance against it, and the third defends the legacy of the uprising and the dominant discourse against the criticism of the second discourse. Analysed data was collected via semi-participant ob-servation of uprising celebrations and media reports linked to the issue of political grappling over the SNU. The data were interpreted using the CAQDA approach.

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