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Културне разлике, етничке границе и етничка дистанца: истраживање у Војводини
Cultural Differences, Ethnic Boundaries And Ethnic Distance: Research In Vojvodina

Author(s): Dušan Ristić, Dragan Koković
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: cultural identity; ethnicity; ethnic boundaries; ethnic distance; Vojvodina

Summary/Abstract: Тhe concepts of ethnicity, ethnic boundaries and ethnic distance are analyzed in this paper from the perspective of the approach to ethnicity developed by the Norwegian anthropologist Fredrik Barth. We have analyzed the possibilities and shortcomings of this kind of approach in the interpretation of ethnic distance and ethnic conflict. Sociological aspects of ethnicity in Barth's approach are highlighted. Empirical data presented in the second part of the paper are the result of a research study of ethnic distance among the largest ethnic communities in Vojvodina, and are interpreted in the light of the theoretical assumptions presented in the paper.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 1507-1534
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Serbian