FOUR TIMES 'CONTRA': THE SOVIET, AMERICAN, DEMOCRATIC, AND EMIGRANT MODELS OF DANCING THE BULGARIAN WAY
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Gergana Panova-Tekath
- Source
- Traditiones. 49:65-84
- Subject
- Cultural Studies
media_common.quotation_subject
Identity (social science)
Gender studies
Intercultural communication
Democracy
language.human_language
Socialism
Anthropology
Reflexivity
Political science
language
Nationality
Bulgarian
Meaning (existential)
Music
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- Language
- ISSN
- 1855-6396
0352-0447
The urban interest in traditional Bulgarian dances constructed different communal realities in Bulgaria and abroad before and after 1989. The author discerns subtle protest in dancing the Bulgarian way and elaborates the meaning of this resistance in four contexts, whereby even the Soviet period is analyzed with great nuance. The phenomenon is defined as a reflexive expression of identity that allows fluid concepts of nationality. It persists as a survival strategy even during this pandemic.