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MacedonianČalgija: A Musical Refashioning of National Identity
Ethnomusicology Forum, 2012What is the role of music in fashioning a national identity out of a cosmopolitan past? The Macedonian calgija genre is an instructive case study of the process by which state agencies and historical communities engage in, and contest, identity construction. This article traces the effects of state cultural policies that shaped calgija—an Ottoman urban
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Nationalism and Identity Politics in the Balkans: Greece and the Macedonian Question
Journal of Modern Greek Studies, 1996The dispute between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) is a symbolic struggle concerning legitimate rights over "Macedonia"--the name, the territory, and the loyalty of its inhabitants. The dispute was created by two conflicting national narratives.
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Macedonian Identity throughout history:Church, Language, Nation
2009National Identity of each society is consisted of : National wealth; Intellectual orCultural-Spiritual wealth and; Material wealth Among the reasons why Macedonia did not gain independence are: Not havingrecognized Macedonian Orthodox Church; Presence of Bulgarian, Serbian and Greekpropagandas; Not a single big power supported officially Macedonian ...
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The Torbeshes of Macedonia: Religious and National Identity Questions of Macedonian-Speaking Muslims
Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, 2008Abstract Torbesh is the name given to the Macedonian-speaking Muslim minority community living in the Republic of Macedonia. The name is a colloquial term and means “the bag carriers”. There are some prevailing discussions on whether Torbeshes are descendants of Christian Slavs who converted to Islam during the Ottoman period or if they are of Turkish ...
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Torn Between Agendas: Macedonian National Identity Between Europe and its Multicultural Agendas
2017Abstract In the last two decades, the region of Southeast Europe, Republic of Macedonian included, has been marked by a politics based on the pronounced primacy of the issue of national identity over other socio-political questions. National identity as an issue per se entails material, cultural and academic processes aiming at the ...
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2013
This chapter offers a new perspective on one of the most heated nationalist debates in Europe: the Greek/Macedonian/ Bulgarian dispute over Macedonia's past. It specifically concerns the legitimacy of modern Macedonian identity and is centered on the question "Who are the Macedonians?" The chapter suggests that Balkan national ideologies - Greek ...
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This chapter offers a new perspective on one of the most heated nationalist debates in Europe: the Greek/Macedonian/ Bulgarian dispute over Macedonia's past. It specifically concerns the legitimacy of modern Macedonian identity and is centered on the question "Who are the Macedonians?" The chapter suggests that Balkan national ideologies - Greek ...
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