Identitáspolitikai diskurzusok a szlovákiai magyar kulturális mezőn
Discourses of Identity Politics in the Hungarian Cultural Field in Slovakia

Author(s): Zsófia Nagy
Subject(s): Ethnic Minorities Studies, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Fórum Kisebbségkutató Intézet
Keywords: Discourses of Identity Politics in the Hungarian Cultural Field in Slovakia
Summary/Abstract: The topic of this paper is the examination of the discourses of the Hungarian cultural field in Slovakia, the role of linguistic-cultural representations in identity politics: i.e., how cultural products, texts and institutions mediate or construct minority identity-related contents. The issues of minority identity content are phenomena that constantly arise in the Hungarian scene in Slovakia, and these acts of identification are manifested in the discourses and representations of the cultural field, among other things. This text argues, first of all, that in order to understand the minority identity project, it is necessary to examine these discourses and representations from an identity politics perspective: on the one hand, this can provide valuable information for understanding minority identification processes and for raising awareness of the processual and situational character of identity, and on the other hand, such an examination of the cultural field can serve as an interesting addition to purely aesthetic and professional approaches. The aim of the text is to outline an interdisciplinary conceptual network and approach that can be used to analyse discourses and representations from an identity politics perspective. From the point of view of identity policy analysis, it is crucial that the Hungarian scene in Slovakia is seen as a nation-building minority, and thus patterns of nation-building (i.e. attempts to define national identity) can be revealed in discourses and representations. The paper summarizes relevant theories of nationalism research and the role of cultural references in nation-building, thus placing such phenomena in the Hungarian scene in Slovakia in a theoretical and regional historical context.

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