Global Villages: Rural and Urban Transformations in Contemporary Bulgaria

This book explores the multiple effects of globalization on urban and rural communities, providing anthropological case studies from postsocialist Bulgaria. As globalization has been studied largely in urban contexts, the aim of this volume is to shift attention to the under-examined countryside and analyse how transnational links are transforming relations between cities, towns and villages. The volume also challenges undifferentiated notions of 'the countryside', calling for an awareness of rural economic and social disparities which are often only associated with urban environments. The work focuses on how the 'urban' and 'rural' have been reconfigured following the end of socialism and the advent of globalization, in socioeconomic, as well as political, ideological and cultural terms.

- Aa Reduce text
- Aa Enlarge text

View selected items
Save to my bookmarks
Export citations
Download PDF (zip)
Save to Kindle
Save to Dropbox
Save to Google Drive
Save content to
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to .

To save content items to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Please be advised that item(s) you selected are not available.
You are about to save
Your Kindle email address

Please provide your Kindle email.

@free.kindle.com @kindle.com (service fees apply)

By using this service, you agree that you will only keep content for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services

Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Contents
pp v-vi
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Preface and Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Note on Transliteration
pp ix-x
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Chapter 1 - Introduction
pp 1-32
- By Ger Duijzings, University College London
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Chapter 2 - Rural—Urban Relations in a Global Age
pp 33-52
- By Deema Kaneff, University of Birmingham
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Chapter 3 - Every Village, a Different Story: Tracking Rural Diversity in Bulgaria
pp 53-66
- By Gerald W. Creed, University of New York
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Chapter 4 - Smugglers into Millionaires: Marginality and Shifting Cultural Hierarchies in a Bulgarian Border Town
pp 67-88
- By Galia Valtchinova, University of Toulouse
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Chapter 5 - Rural Decline as the Epilogue to Communist Modernization: The Case of a Socialist ‘Model’ Village
pp 89-104
- By Lenka Nahodilova, University in Prague
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Chapter 6 - No Wealth without Networks and Personal Trust: New Capitalist Agrarian Entrepreneurs in the Dobrudzha
pp 105-122
- By Christian Giordano, University of Fribourg, Dobrinka Kostova, Institute for the Study of Societies and Knowledge
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Chapter 7 - Inheritance after Restitution: Modern Legislative Norms and Customary Practices in Rural Bulgaria
pp 123-136
- By Petko Hristov, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Chapter 8 - Rural, Urban and Rurban: Everyday Perceptions and Practices
pp 137-152
- By Daniela Koleva, University of Sofia
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Chapter 9 - The Koprivshtitsa Festival: From National Icon to Globalized Village Event
pp 153-172
- By Liz Mellish, University College London
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Chapter 10 - Fashioning Markets: Brand Geographies in Bulgaria
pp 173-190
- By Ulrich Ermann, Graz University
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Chapter 11 - Greek (Ad)ventures in Sofia: Economic Elite Mobility and New Cultural Hierarchies at the Margins of Europe
pp 191-208
- By Aliki Angelidou, Panteion University, Dimitra Kofti, University College London
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

List of Contributors
pp 209-212
- - Get access
    
    Check if you have access via personal or institutional login
    
    Log in Register
- Export citation

Metrics

Total number of HTML views: 0

Total number of PDF views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

Total views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

* Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

Why this information is here

This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

Accessibility Information

Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.

Global Villages

Rural and Urban Transformations in Contemporary Bulgaria

Book description

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface and Acknowledgements
pp vii-viii

Note on Transliteration
pp ix-x

Chapter 1 - Introduction
pp 1-32

Chapter 2 - Rural—Urban Relations in a Global Age
pp 33-52

Chapter 3 - Every Village, a Different Story: Tracking Rural Diversity in Bulgaria
pp 53-66

Chapter 4 - Smugglers into Millionaires: Marginality and Shifting Cultural Hierarchies in a Bulgarian Border Town
pp 67-88

Chapter 5 - Rural Decline as the Epilogue to Communist Modernization: The Case of a Socialist ‘Model’ Village
pp 89-104

Chapter 6 - No Wealth without Networks and Personal Trust: New Capitalist Agrarian Entrepreneurs in the Dobrudzha
pp 105-122

Chapter 7 - Inheritance after Restitution: Modern Legislative Norms and Customary Practices in Rural Bulgaria
pp 123-136

Chapter 8 - Rural, Urban and Rurban: Everyday Perceptions and Practices
pp 137-152

Chapter 9 - The Koprivshtitsa Festival: From National Icon to Globalized Village Event
pp 153-172

Chapter 10 - Fashioning Markets: Brand Geographies in Bulgaria
pp 173-190

Chapter 11 - Greek (Ad)ventures in Sofia: Economic Elite Mobility and New Cultural Hierarchies at the Margins of Europe
pp 191-208

List of Contributors
pp 209-212

Metrics

Full text views

Book summary page views

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

Accessibility Information

Global Villages

Rural and Urban Transformations in Contemporary Bulgaria

Book description

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Save Search

Contents

Metrics

Full text views

Book summary page views

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

Accessibility Information