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Masquerade and postsocialism : ritual and cultural dispossession in Bulgaria /

Gerald W. Creed analyzes contemporary mumming rituals in rural Bulgaria for what they reveal about life after socialism -- and the current state of postsocialist studies. Mumming rituals have flourished in the post-Soviet era. Elaborately costumed dancers go from house to house demanding sustenance...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Creed, Gerald W., 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Colección:New anthropologies of Europe.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Cultural Dispossession; 1. A Mumming Season; 2. Gender and Sexuality; 3. Civil Society and Democracy; 4. Autonomy and Community; 5. Ethnicity and Nationalism; Conclusion: Modernity in Drag; Notes; Works Cited; Index.