Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.21857/m8vqrt0kr9
The Identity of Members of the Czech National Minority in the Grubišno Polje Area
Filip Škiljan
orcid.org/0000-0001-7979-1359
; Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies; Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
In the text, the author gives information on the identity of Czech national minority from the Grubišno Polje area. Based on the archive material from the Croatian State Archives, the State Bureau of Statistics, and the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research in Zagreb, interviews with members of Czech national minority and available literature, the author offers information on the ethnic structure of settlements inhabited by the Czechs in the wider area of Grubišno Polje; the state of the national conscience of the Czechs in the past and nowadays; the memories of settling in the area surrounding Grubišno Polje; and international relations. In conclusion, information about the current state of the national identity of the Czechs around Grubišno Polje is given. The villages of Ivanovo Selo, Rastovac, Gornja Rašenica, Donja Rašenica, Treglava, and Munije are analysed in detail.
Keywords
Czechs; Grubišno Polje; national identity; migrations; demography
Hrčak ID:
192397
URI
Publication date:
10.12.2017.
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