WOMEN HONORARY CITIZENS IN THE SOCIAL SPACE OF SOFIA (FIRST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY)
WOMEN HONORARY CITIZENS IN THE SOCIAL SPACE OF SOFIA (FIRST HALF OF THE 20th CENTURY)

Summary/Abstract: “Reputational elites” had amassed symbolic capital in the Bulgarian public space after the Liberation. Such elites are examined here through the institution of honorary citizenship, focused on women who had been awarded the “Honorary Sign” of Sofia, before the power change in 1944. Investigated is the positioning of charities, chaired by ladies with honorary citizenship, in the social topography and the public space of the capital; in particular, in the secular/sacred urban spaces, and in “lieux de mémoire”. That notion is one tool used, and cultural and historical social topography is another. The methods of social mapping and social network analysis are also applied.

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