Original scientific paper

Prehistory of the Term “Folk Costume”

Jadran Kale ; Šibenik Municipal Museum and The University of Zadar Šibenik, Zadar Croatia

Abstract

The article discusses the term “folk costume” (”nošnja”), a neologism
which was introduced to Croatian language in the course of the 19th
century. In order to analyze its possible meanings, the article outlines
the development of public approach to folk clothing through history,
which paved the way to the Romanticist interpretation of this term.

Keywords

folk costume; terminology; cultural history

Hrčak ID:

44177

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/44177

Publication date:

9.12.2009.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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