
Who Owns the Past?
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While the full implications of this process are still being played out, this study underlines some of the fundamental processes prevalent across eastern Europe that help explain widespread ambiguity vis-B-vis post-socialist reform.
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"It is an intelligent idea to look at society in terms of competing renditions of the past, and this can be rewarding for studies of other than socialist societies...The book demonstrates the significance of meaning for state formation." ? Focaal"...the book is an intelligent reading of rural socialist Bulgaria; it demonstrates the significance of meaning for state formation in general and places the artifacts of humanities, history tradition, and folklore right at the center of political science." ? Focaal
"...a welcome addition to the literature on the relationship between politics and history in the rural areas of socialist Bulgaria...The book masterfully explains how the official socialist version of local history was created and disseminated through life history narratives, ceremonies, awards and textbooks...The book is very readable and could be successfully used in undergraduate classes." ? JRAI
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Glossary
Chapter 1. Introduction: Politics and the past
Local-Centre Relations in Socialist Bulgaria
Socialist Temporality
The Importance of the Past: History, Tradition and Folklore
Fieldwork and the Issue of Representation
Chapter 2. A 'Model Village'
The 'Model Village'
Event Administrative Relations
Class Relations
Morality
Identity
Conclusion
HISTORY: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTERS 3 AND 4
Chapter 3. Socialist History, Politics and Morality
Characterising History
Politics and History
A Moral History
Chapter 4. Contesting History
Different Histories: Political Pluralism
Alliances and Oppositions
TRADITION: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTERS 5 AND 6
Chapter 5. The Character of Traditions
Traditional Funeral Practices
Death and Relations to Nature
Collective Celebrations of Tradition
Chapter 6. Tradition and History: Contrasting Constructions of the Past
A Good Communist Village: A Bad Traditional Village
Creating Local Distinctions: Traditional Practices as a Way of Opposing the State
FOLKLORE: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTERS 7 AND 8
Chapter 7. Defining Folklore
Survakani: both a Traditional and Folkloric Custom
Folklore as a State-determined Activity
Chapter 8. Folklore in a New Bulgarian Village
Education, Bulgarian Culture and Folklore
The Village Vocal Group
Talpa - a 'new Bulgarian village'
Chapter 9. A New Model for the Village
A Model Village in a Model District
Decentralisation - the Tragic Consequences
A Re-evalutaion of the Past
Re-negotiating Relations with the Centre
Appendix I: 9 September 1987
Appendix II: Eulogy
References
Index
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