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Szeklerland and The Birth of a New Region in Europe: An Inquiry into Symbolic Nationalism
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Abstract The recent symbolic affirmation of Szeklerland as a new region in Europe marks the deep change in the pattern of relations between ethnic Hungarians and ethnic Romanians in Transylvania. With the expansion of ethnic Hungarian cultural minority rights at their very limits during Romania’s post-commun... mehr
The recent symbolic affirmation of Szeklerland as a new region in Europe marks the deep change in the pattern of relations between ethnic Hungarians and ethnic Romanians in Transylvania. With the expansion of ethnic Hungarian cultural minority rights at their very limits during Romania’s post-communist transition, the autonomy for Szeklerland is a step forward from cultural to territorial collective rights. Facing the strong opposition of ethnic Romanian parties to the reshaping of the territorial design along ethnic lines, ethnic Hungarian elites adopted a growing symbolic mechanism of identity promotion. The mechanism of ethnic symbolism unraveled by the article ranges from road signs and signboards marking the entry into Szeklerland, the presence of Szekler flag and coat of arms, commemorations and other public gatherings to organizing an unofficial referendum for the autonomy of the region. The symbolic affirmation of the region marks its entry in the list of symbolically disputed territories and the birth of a new region in Europe.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Identität; Regionalismus; Autonomie; Nationalismus; Siebenbürgen; Rumänien; Ungarn; ethnische Gruppe; Minderheit; Symbolismus
Klassifikation
Staat, staatliche Organisationsformen
Freie Schlagwörter
identity promotion; regionalism; ethnic autonomy; symbolic nationalism; Transylvania; Romania
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 33-54
Zeitschriftentitel
Studia Politica: Romanian Political Science Review, 20 (2020) 1
ISSN
1582-4551
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 1.0