The Orient within: Muslim minorities and the negotiation of nationhood in modern Bulgaria

"The Orient Within examines the Slavic majority's efforts to conceptualize and manage Turkish and Pomak identities and bodies through gendered dress practices, renaming of people and places, and land reclamation projects. Neuberger shows that the relationship between Muslims and the Bulgar...

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Main Author: Neuburger, Mary 1966- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca [u.a.] Cornell Univ. Press 2004
Edition:1. publ.
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Summary:"The Orient Within examines the Slavic majority's efforts to conceptualize and manage Turkish and Pomak identities and bodies through gendered dress practices, renaming of people and places, and land reclamation projects. Neuberger shows that the relationship between Muslims and the Bulgarian majority has run the gamut from accommodation to forced removal to total assimilation between 1878, when Bulgaria acquired autonomy from the Ottoman Empire, and 1989, when Bulgaria's Communist dictatorship collapsed. Neuburger subjects the concept of Orientalism to an important critique, showing its relevance and complexity in the Bulgarian context, where national identity and modernity were brokered in the shadow of Western Europe, Russia/USSR, and Turkey."--BOOK JACKET.
Physical Description:XIII, 223 S. Ill., Kt.
ISBN:0801441323

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