Original scientific paper
CONSTRUCTION OF THE POSTWAR SPACE: SYMBOLIC CONSTRUCTION OF VUKOVAR
Mateo Žanić
; Institutu društvenih znanosti Ivo Pilar – centar Vukovar
Abstract
Enormous destruction took place in Vukovar in the 1991 aggression on the Republic of Croatia. This paper shows the key aspects of its reconstruction, first done by the Serbs and subsequently by the Croats. The aim of the paper is to analyse the images of the town seen as an ethnoscape, the way of the reconstruction of culture-related objects and monuments was carried out, and the different scenarios of commemorating events. The outcome indicates that the area was predominantly regarded as a holly Serbian land during the period of Serbian occupation, whereas it was regarded both as a Hero Town after it has been reintegrated into the legal system of the Republic of Croatia, and as the town which has the symbolic role of a border to Eastern Culture due to its characteristics of a Central European town.
Keywords
Space; Vukovar; Ethnoscape; Ritual; National identity
Hrčak ID:
41744
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Publication date:
23.12.2008.
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