Open AccessThe change in ethnic identity strategy of Germans in Subotica in the second half of the 20th century
Author(s) -
Aleksandar Krel
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
glasnik etnografskog instituta/glasnik etnografskog instituta sanu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-8259
pISSN - 0350-0861
DOI - 10.2298/gei0654319k
Subject(s) - german , ethnic group , conceptualization , identity (music) , national identity , focus (optics) , social identity theory , sociology , expression (computer science) , gender studies , political science , history , anthropology , social group , social science , linguistics , aesthetics , law , art , philosophy , computer science , archaeology , physics , optics , politics , programming language
This paper is an attempt to place the German national minority in Vojvodina in the focus of an anthropological inquiry, the first time after WW II. The central problem dealt in the paper is conceptualization and symbolic expressions of the German ethnic identity in Subotica. The paper tries to identify the most significant symbols/markers of the ethnic identity of the Germans in Subotica, by analyzing the objective social, economic and demographic factors that characterize the German national minority in Vojvodina. The paper shads light on the roles played by the symbols/markers of the German ethnic identity in transformations of their respective strategies concerning the identity in the second half of 20th century. At the same time, the paper attempts to explain the most important modus of preservation, revitalization and public expression of the German ethnic identity in Subotica and Vojvodina