Les Sorabes : une minorité invisible ?
The Lusatian Sorbs are descendants of slave peoples settled in Eastern Germany around the year 500. Today they represent the least numerous Slavonic people. They played a role as democratic guarantee for the East German State (GDR), and following German reunification in 1990, the Sorbs retained a sp...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Société Royale Belge de Géographie and the Belgian National Committee of Geography
2013-12-01
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| Series: | Belgeo |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/11570 |
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| Summary: | The Lusatian Sorbs are descendants of slave peoples settled in Eastern Germany around the year 500. Today they represent the least numerous Slavonic people. They played a role as democratic guarantee for the East German State (GDR), and following German reunification in 1990, the Sorbs retained a special status in the German Constitution and the constitutions of Saxony and Brandenburg guarantee the Sorbs cultural rights.Studying the Sorb minority of Lower and Upper Lusatia in terms of identity change in Europe at the dawn of the twenty-first century reveals the rapid change, considering the long term impact of history, from resistance to assimilation, from the construction of community identity to integration, in so far as the Sorbs are on their way to become an invisible minority due to the influence of both of their cultures. |
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| ISSN: | 1377-2368 2294-9135 |