Конструкција идентитета у дуалној етнокултурној заједници: Бечеј и околина
Structure of Identity in Dual Ethno-Cultural Community: Bečej and its Neighborhood

Author(s): Bojan Žikić
Subject(s): Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Identity of Collectives
Published by: Етнографски институт САНУ
Keywords: cultural identity; ethnic identity; assigning and describing the identity; dual ethnocultural communities; identity construction; Serbs; Hungarians;
Summary/Abstract: Identity means consciousness that we are the same person in different time and space situations. This notion of identity most often does not correspond to the way in which someone’s individual identity is perceived by other individuals. In such a situation reference is made to that individual’s cultural identity which, as a rule, is composite, or rather made up of a number of elements. Which of these elements, or components, of identity will be subject to the ascription or description of identity will depend on the socio-cultural context. In dual ethno-cultural communities, the essential element of identity ascription or description is its ethnic component. The paper considers the conditions and ways of structuring individual cultural identities in such communities - as exemplified by the municipality of Bečej, which is Serbo-Hungarian in ethno-cultural term s - through analyzing the meaningful aspects of ethnic identity ascription and description.

• Details
• Contents