“Днес остана празно едно работно място” /Нова идеология за смъртта и погребалната обредност на държавния социализъм в България от 50-те – 70-те години
A New Ideology of Death and Funeral Rites of the State Socialism in Bulgaria – 50s – 70s of the 20th Century

Summary/Abstract: The study analyzes the mechanisms through which the totalitarian system started to control the family rituals which gradually led to a unified model of funeral rituals (1970s). The problems of death as a personal and family event which was turned into an institutional and public event are discussed as well as the different stages of this process; the reasons for introducing a unified national funeral model etc. The conclusion points out that the communist ideology in its attempt to counteract the church ritual established anew one which resembled the former church ritual.

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