When Seve met Bregović: folklore, turbofolk and the boundaries of Croatian musical identity

Baker, Catherine

Abstract

Popular music in Croatia has consistently been a field where the boundaries of national cultural identity are set, contested and transgressed. The most contentious boundaries involve Serbian culture and the abstract "east", to which essentialized nationalist concepts of Croatian culture denied any similarity. The Croatian singer Severina's attempt to represent Croatia at the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest with her song Moja štikla (My stiletto) called these aspects into question with connotations which could be claimed as both Croatian and Serbian. Although the song was justified with reference to the (disputed) authenticity of Croatian folklore, it ultimately suggested that Croatian cultural space could not be separated from that of the other ex-Yugoslav states.

Citation

Baker, C. (2008). When Seve met Bregović: folklore, turbofolk and the boundaries of Croatian musical identity. Nationalities Papers, 36(4), 741-764. https://doi.org/10.1080/00905990802230514

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Online Publication Date: Nov 20, 2018
• Publication Date: 2008-09
• Deposit Date: Jun 19, 2014
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Nationalities Papers
• Print ISSN: 0090-5992
• Electronic ISSN: 1465-3923
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 36
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 741-764
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00905990802230514
• Keywords: Political Science and International Relations; Geography, Planning and Development; History
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/473720
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00905990802230514
• Additional Information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Nationalities Papers on 01/11/2008, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00905990802230514