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Identity, Nationalism, and Cultural Heritage Under Siege: Five Narratives of Pomak Heritage -- From Forced Renaming to Weddings

Identity, Nationalism, and Cultural Heritage Under Siege: Five Narratives of Pomak Heritage -- From Forced Renaming to Weddings

Myuhtar-May, Fatme

Hardcover

PhilosophyGeneral SociologyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9004272070
ISBN13: 9789004272071
Publisher: Brill
Published: Apr 17 2014
Pages: 278
Weight: 1.25
Height: 0.80 Width: 6.30 Depth: 9.50
Language: English
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 Pomak culture. The stories range from the Christianisation during the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 and the forced communist renaming of the Pomaks in the 1970s, to their fascinating wedding rituals and historic figures. Each of the five narratives contains its own storyline and serves as a prominent example of Pomak heritage, from the author's perspective. The stories take place in the context of fervent nationalism and the ongoing censorship of Pomakness based on the claim that it is an ethnic Bulgarian, not Pomak heritage.

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