Sevdah Celebrities Narrate Sevdalinka. Political (Self-)Contextualization of Sevdalinka Performers in Bosnia-Herzegovina

Authors

  • Miha Kozorog Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Zavetiška 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana
  • Alenka Bartulović Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, Zavetiška 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2016450111

Keywords:

sevdalinka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, celebrities, music, discourses, nationalism, antinationalism, worldmusic, Yugoslavia // sevdalinka, Bosna in Hercegovina, zvezdniki, diskurzi, nacionalizem, antinacionalizem, glasbe sveta, Jugoslavija

Abstract

The article explores sevdalinka as regional musical genre that represents contradictory ideological positions. The focus is on the various celebrities’ discourses with obvious political connotations that have been productive in the making of sevdalinka in past and present Bosnian-Herzegovinian contexts.

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V članku avtorja razkrivata nasprotujoče si ideološke pozicije, kakor se zrcalijo v regionalnem glasbenem žanru – sevdalinki. V središče zanimanja postavljata različne diskurze zvezdnikov, v katerih je mogoče razbrati očitne politične konotacije, saj so zvezdniki bistveno sooblikovali sevdalinko, in sicer tako v bosansko-hercegovski preteklosti kot v sodobnosti.

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15.06.2016

How to Cite

Kozorog, M., & Bartulović, A. (2016). Sevdah Celebrities Narrate Sevdalinka. Political (Self-)Contextualization of Sevdalinka Performers in Bosnia-Herzegovina. Traditiones, 45(1), 161–179. https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2016450111

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Vol. 45 No. 1 (2016): CELEBRITIES IN CENTRAL & SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE / SLAVNE OSEBNOSTI V SREDNJI IN JV EVROPI

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Put a Spotlight on Me! The Meaning of Celebrities in Central and Southeastern Europe

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