Masculinity and mobilised folklore: the image of the hajduk in the creation of the modern Serbian warrior

Based on Hobsbawm’s notion of “invented traditions,” this thesis argues that the Serbian warrior tradition, the hajduk, was formalised from the folk oral epic tradition into official state practices. Using reports from the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, military histories of Yugoslavia’s Second World War...

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Main Author: Bozanich, Stevan
Other Authors: Yekelchyk, Serhy
Format: Others
Language:English
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Published: 2017
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Online Access:https://dspace.library.uvic.ca//handle/1828/8402