National Identity (and the Other) in Serbia The phrase national identity itself is almost the opposite of what the word seems it could be defined as at first glance. Rather than meaning the identity of a nation in a singular sense, a national identity in large refers to an imagined community depending on a range of characteristics that are thought to be shared by and only specific to a set of people. The national identity of a country can be displayed and built around many different aspects, such as religion, language, ethnicity, politics, values, and so on. The Southeastern/Central European country Serbia has a large combination of aspects that its national identity is built on considering its land-locked geographic location having a large impact on the forming of the country and, more recently in the past decade, its own independence. Despite the ranging interpretative characteristics and unique aspects of the country, Serbia’s forming of its own n...
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