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The paper aims to explain the concept of “identity” by drawing the intricate cultural and political history of an important piece of the Romanian peasant attire. Involved and instrumentalized within various political and cultural identity programs, traditional clothing was exhibited by ethnographers, anthropologists, cultural activists for a long time as an identity landmark meant to display racial differences, national stereotypes, and social hierarchies. The Romanian peasant attire was thus transformed from a community internal practical and symbolical object to an ethnic and then national identity tool. More recently, the national project of inscribing the traditional Romanian female blouse with embroidery on the shoulder on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage is an opportunity for various stakeholders and promoters to reuse and commodify this clothing piece within their own cultural and commercial programs and to redefine and redesign the concept of “heritage community”.

Année de publication
2022
Journal
Revista Transilvania
Volume
2022
Nombre
5
Nombre de pages
21-29
Publisher: Complexul National Muzeal Astra Sibiu
Langue de publication
Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
ISSN Number
02550539
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85134724579&doi=10.51391%2ftrva.2022.05.04&partnerID=40&md5=7df6184cd876506f8d7e12c20ef81680
DOI
10.51391/trva.2022.05.04
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