Virtual Macedonia Bookstore - Ourselves and Others: The Development of a Greek Macedonian Cultural Identity since 1912

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 949.5607
EAN: 9781859731383
ISBN: 1859731384
Label: Berg Publishers
Manufacturer: Berg Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 1997-03-01
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Studio: Berg Publishers

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Summary: Greek Denial of the MACEDONIAN Name!
Comment: The most important thing to remember about the "Macedonian conflict" is that the Greek position has changed dramatically over the past decade. Official Greek government policy was that Macedonia did not exist. When Greece took over Aegean Macedonia in 1913, they killed, tortured and ethnically cleansed hundreds of thousands of Macedonians. They changed the names of people, villages, and landmarks from Macedonian to Greek in their attempts to eradicate the Macedonian name. Two things to remember:

1. It is ironic that Greeks now "love Macedonia" when they tried to eradicate its very existence.

2. If Macedonia has always been Greek, why did the Greek government deny its existence until the 1980's?

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Summary: For Serious Readers Only
Comment: An interesting presentation of the complex poly-ethnic history of Greek Macedonia. Nonetheless, the portrayal of the Greek state as operating a somewhat cultural genocide seems to prevail throughout most of the essays found in this book. Yet, the question of why the so-called "minority" Hellenic culture became the dominant force does not seem to be fully addressed. It seems that the admission of a dominant Greek presence throughout Macedonian history is currently not the norm and out of flavor in the world of academia.

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When it was incorporated into the Greek state in 1912, Greek Macedonia constituted a mosaic of populations who spoke different languages and shared different cultures and religions. The Greek state, the local authorities and the local intelligentsia strove to achieve the ethnic and cultural assimilation of all these populations -- in the end, with varying degrees of success. Long the site of fierce nationalist activity, Macedonia is a revealing microcosm of the ethnic divides that resist the homogenizing tendencies of nation-states throughout the world.This timely and interdisciplinary book brings together the work of specialists in various fields to spotlight the cultural processes of assimilation that have taken place in Greek Macedonia since 1912. It sheds new light on the old and complex socio-historical roots of this hotly contested area and of the Balkans in general, and will serve as a model for future studies on nationalism, ethnic identity and cultural heritage.