„Много баби – хилава демокрация” (Поглед към някои днешни форми на фолклор, свързани с политическия живот в България
“Too Many Cooks Spoil the Democracy” (Comments on Some Present Folklore Forms Connected with the Political Life in Bulgaria)

Summary/Abstract: The author analyses a rather unstudied phenomenon – the rumours, specifically, the political rumours. An attempt is made at their description, as well as at the explanation of their functional mechanisms. Special attention is paid to the rumours propagated by the mass media and, especially, to their parodies in the press, the radio, and television. There are also some brief descriptions of other forms similar to the above mentioned, such as parodies of folklore and non-folklore texts, proverbs, sayings, inscriptions and so on, as well as of some hybrid forms that have recently appeared in Bulgaria.

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