Streets in Nikšić as a mirror of urban life and culture
The paper deals with history, culture and urban life portrayed through the life of streets. This topic is particularly interesting bearing in mind that this town is extremely significant cultural center in Montenegrin framework. Its story has mostly been written informally, in a street or a...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2021/0350-08612101227R.pdf |
| Summary: | The paper deals with history, culture and urban life portrayed through the
life of streets. This topic is particularly interesting bearing in mind that
this town is extremely significant cultural center in Montenegrin framework.
Its story has mostly been written informally, in a street or a café. It
covers the period from late XIX century until the end of XX century. The
text represents a particular interrelation between certain urbanity
characteristics which are connected to different aspects of life and work.
It also deals with relationships between streets and bohemian lifestyle of
this town, literary inspirations, heroic figures and certain peculiar
persons who found their place in the spirit of a place of turbulent history
and rich culture. Few monuments, being important stops and symbols of Nikšić
past, have also been described. Abundance of quotations and references
permeate through the text, covering historical, scientific and theoretical
sources and thus allowing us to have an integral overview on the life of a
street in this town. The paper belongs to the field of urban culture
research's and encompasses different kinds of sources - from scientific
papers and literary works and travelogues to newspapers articles. |
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| ISSN: | 0350-0861 2334-8259 |