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Identity, Nationalism, and Cultural Heritage under Siege : Five Narratives of Pomak Heritage - From Forced Renaming to Weddings.
In Identity, Nationalism, and Cultural Heritage under Siege, Fatme Myuhtar-May makes a case for the recognition of Pomak heritage by presenting five stories from the past and present of the Rhodope Muslims in Bulgaria as examples of a distinct cultural identity.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
BRILL,
2014.
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| Colección: | Balkan studies library.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; List of Tables and Figures; Chapter 1 Heritage of Pluralism or Having Cultural Agency: An Introduction; Making Sense of the Past; Having Cultural Agency; The Role of Heritage Brokers; Heritage as Identity; 1 Heritage as Vernacular (Dissenting) Identity; 2 Heritage as National (Dominant) Identity; Five Case Studies; In Conclusion; Chapter 2 Nationalism and Violence: The Case of Pomak Christianization (Pokrŭstvane) in Bulgaria, 1912-1913; The Nationalism Premise; The Pomaks; War and Pokrŭstvane (Conversion) in 1912-1913; 1 The Balkan Wars; 2 The Pokrŭstvane.
- 2.1 The Killings in Oral History2.2 The Killings Documented; 2.3 Humanity and Survival Along the Way; 2.4 The Pokrŭstvane of Muslim Prisoners of War (POWs); 2.5 The Tide is Turning; 3 War and Pokrŭstvane No More; Conclusion; Chapter 3 The Vŭzroditelen Protses: Identity Crisis and the Forced Renaming of the Pomaks (1944-1989); Policy and Ideology of the Vŭzhroditelen Protses; Bringing about Identity Crisis; From Pokrŭstvane to Vŭzhroditelen Protses; 1 The Rebirth of Organization Rodina; 2 Mission: "Revival"; Turmoil in the (Western) Rhodopes; Economic Opportunities in the Vŭzhroditelen Protses.
- Conclusion1 External Pressure, Internal Turmoil, and the "Big Excursion"; 2 The End Is Near or Is It?; 3 Implications for Pomak Heritage; Chapter 4 A Pomak Life of Dissent Amidst Cultural Oppression in Communist Bulgaria; Meeting Ramadan; Ramadan's Vŭzhroditelen-Protses Ordeal; Trouble in Kornitsa; Trouble in Exile; Bloody Revival in the Rhodopes; Prison Tribulations; 1 Arrest, Detention, and Trial; 2 Tortured Prisoner; 3 Release and Re-imprisonment; "Take the Passport or Die"; Conclusion; Chapter 5 The Ribnovo Wedding: A Pomak Tradition; Introduction; Ribnovo: Place and People.
- Colorful Fairytale RibnovoThe Cheiz; The Essence of the Ribnovo Wedding; Marriage: "The Key Turning Point in ... Adult Life"; Asserting Identity through Custom; Chapter 6 Preserving Historical Heritage: The Case of Salih Ağa of Pasm̦aklı, the Pomak Governor of the Ahı Çelebi Kaza of the Ottoman Empire (1798-1838); Finding Salih Ağa; Salih Ağa and His Time; Who Wrote about Salih Ağa; Salih's Family Tree; Salih, the Family Man; 1 Mustafa, Adzhi Ağa; 2 Salihağovitsa (the Wife of Salih Ağa); Salih, the Public Man; The Death of Salih Ağa; Conclusion: Salih Ağa's Heritage; Appendices.
- 2.1 Report of Pazardzhik Activists for Pomak Conversion to Archbishop Maxim2.2 Excerpts from the Carnegie Report on the Balkan Wars, 1914; 3.1A Applications for Emigration Submitted by Pomaks; 3.1B Number of Passports Issued to Pomaks; 3.1C Statistics on Pomak Immigration; 3.2 Statistics on Zagrazhden Municipality; 6.1 Ballad about the Killing of Salih Ağa; Bibliography; Index.