Constructing border ethnic identities along the frontier of Central and Eastern Europe

Bibliographic Data

ID7802147
AuthorsAntal Örkény (0000-0002-7973-2698, Eötvös Loránd University, corresponding author), Mária Székelyi (Eötvös Loránd University, corresponding author)
Year2016
Volume23
Issue6
Pages667-685
Publication date2016-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueIdentities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1070-289X • E-ISSN: 1547-3384
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1070289x.2015.1059342
OpenAlexW2204609226
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited13

The analysis is based on an empirical sociological study (interplay of European, National and Regional Identities: nations between states along the new eastern borders of the European Union Project) aimed at exploring the various aspects of people’s diaspora affiliations and their ethnic and national identity on the Eastern borderland of Europe. We surveyed ethnic minority groups in eight countries along the frontier of Central Eastern Europe. With the ethnic minorities having a similar ethnic status along the border, we demonstrated how ethnic minorities ‘deal’ with their minority status in their ‘host’ country. The analysis reconstructs the image of the ethnic minority at the societal level. We model personal and collective ethnic identities as a stock of knowledge based on cognitive and affective components, and test them along the different ethnic dyads. The paper shows how successive generations are able to transfer the pattern of ethnic identity within the family, and also how language use practices and personal networks play a role in preserving personal ethnic identity

Diaspora · Ethnic group · Ethnic history · European union · Frontier · Geography · Identity (music · National identity · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Multilingual Education and Policy

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