Remembering "The Father of the Contemporary State of Croatia". The Celebration of Tuđman's Birthday in His Birthplace ; Sjećanje na "oca suvremene Hrvatske". Proslava Tuđmanova rođendana u njegovu rodnom mjestu

Abstract

This article explores diverse strategies and mechanisms of remembering Franjo Tuđman, Croatia's first president, after the country gained its independence in 1991. The authors discuss how Tuđman's figure is constructed in contemporary Croatian society by focusing on its use in political discourse and in public space. The article's central part deals with realms of memory in Veliko Trgovišće, Tuđman's birthplace, on the ninety-second anniversary of his birth. *** Razprava obravnava različne strategije in mehanizme spominjanja na Franja Tuđmana, prvega predsednika hrvaške države, ki si je neodvisnost pridobila leta 1991. Avtorici razpravljata o tem, kako je Tuđmanova podoba figure konstruirana v sodobni hrvaški družbi, pri čemer se osredotočata na njeno rabo v političnih diskurzih in javnem prostoru. Osrednji del članka je posvečen realnosti spominov v Velikem Trgovišću, Tuđmanovem rojstnem kraju, na 92. letnico njegovega rojstva.