| No 64
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'Nation-State' and 'Minority' Types of Discourse Problems of Communication between the Majority and the Islamic Minorities in Contemporary Bulgaria |
| Institution |
English Department; University of Sofia: BG-1504 Sofia, Bulgaria |
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Publication (Journal) |
Innovation 5 no.3 (1992): 75-89 |
| Published in |
U.K., 1992 |
| Language |
English |
| Abstract |
It is shown that ethnic problems can be profitably analyzed by exploring two types of discourse: nation-state, which constitutes a diachronic-oriented type of discourse centered around easily identifiable semiotic codes (e.g., language, history, religion); and minority, which is organized around issues of integration and accommodation. Focusing on three Islamic minorities in Bulgaria - the Turks, the Pomaks, and the Gypsies - it is demonstrated that cultural identity is reflexively constituted via processes of ethnomethodological reactions to five domains - the mass media, national holidays, educational bodies, the army, and the police - that display close interaction between the nation-state institutions and the Bulgarian minority communities. |
| Discipline(s) |
sociology of communication
, social psychology
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