Serbenda

Serbenda (Serbian: Србенда / Srbenda; plural Serbendas,[1] Serbian: Србенде / Srbende) is a term for a Serb who is thoroughly and uncompromisingly devoted to all things Serbian.[2] Generally considered a term of endearment by Serbs, it can sometimes contain negative connotations, referring to nationalist aggression and heightened tribalism.[3]

Serbian writer and scholar Jovan Skerlić in 1925 described the "Serbenda" as being an "autochthonous, raw Serb, without a trace of anything foreign".[2]

University of Alberta professor of Cultural Anthropology Marko Živković says the term "carries the connotations of rusticity, simplicity, and traditional patriarchal values-the opposite of high culture polish and cosmopolitan sophistication".[2]

The word Srbenda (anglicized "Serbenda") is an augmentative of Srbin ("a Serb").[2]

References
  1. Paul, John (2013). Utopia's Suicide.
  2. Živković, Marko (2011). Serbian Dreambook: National Imaginary in the Time of Milošević.
  3. Saric, Ljiljana (2010). Contesting Europe's Eastern Rim.

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