ISBN:
9780253005021
,
0253005027
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (xi, 254 p.)
,
ill.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Series Statement:
New anthropologies of Europe
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Creed, Gerald W., 1958- Masquerade and postsocialism
DDC:
306.409499
Keywords:
Rites and ceremonies Bulgaria
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Mumming Bulgaria
;
Masquerades Bulgaria
;
Post-communism Bulgaria
;
National characteristics, Bulgarian
;
Mumming
;
Masquerades
;
Post-communism
;
Rites and ceremonies
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
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POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
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SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
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Manners and customs
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Masquerades
;
Mumming
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National characteristics, Bulgarian
;
Politics and government
;
Post-communism
;
Rites and ceremonies
;
Bulgaria Politics and government
;
Bulgaria Social life and customs
;
Bulgaria
;
Bulgaria Politics and government
;
Bulgaria Social life and customs
;
Bulgaria
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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.
Abstract:
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 and bestowing blessings. Through the analysis of these rites, Creed critiques key themes in postsocialist studies, including understandings of civil society and democracy, gender and sexuality, autonomy and com
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record
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