%0 Journal Article
%T Second-Hand Clothes Shops in Slovenia: The Contemporary Situation in Its (A)Historical Perspective
%A Habinc
%A Mateja
%J -
%D 2018
%R 10.17234/SEC.30.1
%X Sa£¿etak This article contradicts Slovenian public opinion that asserts there is no tradition of second-hand clothes stores in Slovenia. It briefly demonstrates that second-hand retail clothing has a long history in the country that was interrupted for a few decades following the 1960s. In addition, the article reflects upon the question of why ¡°socialist mentality¡± or more precisely, a ¡°specifically Slovenian socialist mentality¡± is publicly perceived as the main reason for the contemporary lack of such a retail sector. According to the author, it is not unimportant that such mentality is most often ascribed to marginal and lower social strata who supposedly link second-hand clothes with poverty, thus sustaining their premodern (¡°socialist¡±) notions. However, public perceptions of the modernization process can only primarily hide contemporary social differences
%K second-hand clothing
%K retail
%K Slovenia
%K post-socialism
%K modernization
%U https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=313410