The practical limits of inventing traditions

The failed reinvention of theSinjskaAlka

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6306507
AutoresM Ozan Erözden (0000-0002-8102-9731, Department of Political Science and International Relations Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences Yıldız Technical University İstanbul Turkey, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen19
Número3
Páginas475-492
Fecha de publicación2013-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/nana.12030
OpenAlexW1530879751
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas18

TheAlkais a traditional game inCroatia, held to commemorate the victory of the local warriors of the region ofCetina over theOttoman army in 1715. TheCroatian nationalist discourse of the 1990s tried to reinvent theAlkaas symbol of a certain national identity, by nationalising this local event and emphasising its religious aspect. In a period of just over a decade, however, the project of reinventing theAlkahas failed completely. This paper analyses the reinvention of theAlkaand its failure in order to argue that concrete cases of invented tradition are context dependent and may encounter practical limits

Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Economics · National identity · Nationalism · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Symbol (formal · Victory · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · History · Law · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts