The Village Project
Rural Revitalization in Contemporary Bulgaria
$242.27
- Hardcover
280 pages
- Release Date
14 July 2026
Summary
Since the collapse of socialism, Bulgaria’s population has been on the move—out of rural regions and into cities, or out of the country altogether. Yet today there is a countermovement of young, urban Bulgarians, born around 1989, seeking to repopulate rural villages and reclaim traditional Bulgarian folklife. Though many of these young Bulgarians have no direct experience with a rural lifestyle nor memories of thriving village life, their actions and movements are inspired by a nostalgic vis…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780299357504 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0299357503 |
| Author: | Sarah Craycraft |
| Publisher: | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Imprint: | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 14 July 2026 |
| Weight: | 513g |
| Dimensions: | 20mm x 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“A deft, timely analysis. This impressive, original work speaks to the circulation of folklife and contemporary ideological debates in Bulgaria.” - Carol Silverman, author of Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora
“An original argument buttressed by high-quality scholarship and ethnographic engagement. Offers new views on social factors that have driven populism and political instability in Bulgaria and beyond.” - Gerald W. Creed, author of Masquerade and Postsocialism: Ritual and Cultural Dispossession in Bulgaria
Sarah Craycraft
Sarah Craycraft is the head tutor and a lecturer in the committee on degrees in folklore and mythology at Harvard University.
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