TY  - BOOK
AU  - Creed,Gerald W.
TI  - Masquerade and postsocialism: ritual and cultural dispossession in Bulgaria 
T2  - New anthropologies of Europe
SN  - 9780253005021
AV  - GN585.B9 C74 2011eb
U1  - 306.409499 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Bloomington
PB  - Indiana University Press
KW  - Rites and ceremonies
KW  - Bulgaria
KW  - Mumming
KW  - Masquerades
KW  - Post-communism
KW  - National characteristics, Bulgarian
KW  - Bulgarians
KW  - Rites et cérémonies
KW  - Bulgarie
KW  - Momerie
KW  - Mascarades
KW  - Postcommunisme
KW  - Bulgares
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Cultural
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Cultural Policy
KW  - Popular Culture
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Cultural Dispossession; 1. A Mumming Season; 2. Gender and Sexuality; 3. Civil Society and Democracy; 4. Autonomy and Community; 5. Ethnicity and Nationalism; Conclusion: Modernity in Drag; Notes; Works Cited; Index
N2  - Gerald W. Creed analyzes contemporary mumming rituals in rural Bulgaria for what they reveal about life after socialism -- and the current state of postsocialist studies. Mumming rituals have flourished in the post-Soviet era. Elaborately costumed dancers go from house to house demanding sustenance and bestowing blessings. Through the analysis of these rites, Creed critiques key themes in postsocialist studies, including understandings of civil society and democracy, gender and sexuality, autonomy and com
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