Who Owns the Past? : : The Politics of Time in a 'Model' Bulgarian Village / / Deema Kaneff.

In the decades since the collapse of socialism in eastern Europe, time has been a central resource under negotiation. Focusing on a local community that was considered a "model" in the socialist period, the author explores a variety of state-sponsored and unofficial pasts - history, folklo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2004]
©2004
Year of Publication:2004
Language:English
Series:New Directions in Anthropology ; 21
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ABBREVIATIONS
  • GLOSSARY
  • INTRODUCTION: POLITICS AND THE PAST
  • CHAPTER 2 A ‘MODEL VILLAGE’
  • HISTORY: A Brief Introduction to Chapters 3 and 4
  • CHAPTER 3 SOCIALIST HISTORY, POLITICS AND MORALITY
  • CHAPTER 4 CONTESTING HISTORY
  • TRADITION: A Brief Introduction to Chapters 5 and 6
  • CHAPTER 5 THE CHARACTER OF TRADITIONS
  • CHAPTER 6 TRADITION AND HISTORY: CONTRASTING CONSTRUCTIONS OF THE PAST
  • FOLKLORE: A Brief Introduction to Chapters 7 and 8
  • CHAPTER 7 DEFINING FOLKLORE
  • CHAPTER 8 FOLKLORE IN A NEW BULGARIAN VILLAGE
  • CONCLUSION: A NEW MODEL FOR THE VILLAGE
  • APPENDICES
  • REFERENCES
  • INDEX