Fieldwork as a Factor to Nominate and to Perform Identities (fieldwork data, collected by IEFEM, BAS expedition working among Bulgarians in Ukraine and Moldova) Cover Image

Теренното етноложко иследване като фактор при определяне и изява на идентичност (по материали от експедициите на екип от ИЕФЕМ-БАН сред българите от Украйна и Молдова)
Fieldwork as a Factor to Nominate and to Perform Identities (fieldwork data, collected by IEFEM, BAS expedition working among Bulgarians in Ukraine and Moldova)

Author(s): Galin Georgiev
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Ethnohistory, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Present Times (2010 - today), Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: diaspora; identity; ethnicity.

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results from a long term fieldwork held in Bessarabia and Tavria. It aims to register local culture and to explore identity markers of the Bulgarian and Gagauzian diaspora. The main focus of the article is the influence of the research in the diaspora communities. The author comments on the reflection and the dynamics of the image of ‘true Bulgarian’ language, customs, etc. in diaspora communities.

  • Issue Year: XX/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 11-34
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Bulgarian