CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2014
| Author | Papadopulosz, Dóra |
|---|---|
| Title | Traces of Violence and Transmission of Memory: The 'Revival Process' in the Narratives of Different Generations of Turks in Bulgaria |
| Summary | The thesis explores the ways the memory of the so called ‘revival process’, the forceful assimilation campaign against the Turkish population of Bulgaria between 1984-1989, is still present in the lives of Turks today. Traces of the past not only emerge as subjective, individual and collective remembrances, but also in many tangible forms, such as the forcefully adopted Bulgarian names that still appear in identification documents, and the torn-apart families, which are consequences of the emigration wave that followed the violent events. I argue that beyond these vestiges which make the collective past a part of everyday life of Turks, members of the minority are also compelled by the contemporary sociopolitical environment to evoke their memories of the forced assimilation and to transmit these to the younger generations. By examining how these memories are transmitted, I discuss different types of familial transmission and the possible causes behind them. Furthermore, I argue that the younger generation's image of the past is shaped by the filtered narratives of direct ancestors, and that in turn, members of the younger generation interpret their parents’ and grandparents’ accounts in new ways. |
| Supervisor | Rabinowitz, Dan; Naumescu, Vlad |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2014/papadopulosz_dora.pdf |
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