Gagauzite - oshte edin pogled de Mateeva, Vania - 2006

Minor rubbing. VG. Bulgaria Izd. "Marin Drinov" Sofia 2006 orig. wrappers 20x14cm, 206 pp. Bulgarian text. Includes a 2-page English summary. "The Gagauzes: Yet Another View". Ethnographic study of ethnic Gagauz minority of Bulgaria & Moldova. "The book presents and analyzes the main problems arisen by the ethnocultural identity of the Gagaouzes" [Translation of the Bulgarian Table of Contents: Two challenges and one successful attempt (Foreword by prof. Dr. T. Iv. Jivkov); Introduction: Objectives, problems, methods; Territorial Distribution: In Bulgaria; Outside Bulgaria; Statistics: In Bulgaria; Outside Bulgaria; The Problem "Gagaouzes": Ethnogenetic hypotheses: Neither Slavs, nor Turks; Slavic identity; The Problem of Turkic Origin; Successors of Kumans; Successors of Oghuzes; Successors of Seljuk Turks; Successors of Proto-Bulgarians; The Language Problem; Historical and demographic sketches: Migrant or indigenous population; Ottoman domination and Turkish language; "Gagaouzation"; Greek influence: Greek schools; Greek religious services; "Types" of Gagaouzes: "Greek" and "Bulgarian"; Moesian, Thracian, Macedonian; Designations and self- designations: "Gagaouzes", "Bulgarians", others; Gagaouzes and Bulgarians -unity in difference: Ethnological research on the folklore of the Gagaouzes; Bilinguizm and identity: Festivity; Everyday life; The Gagaouzes for themselves and the others about them: Anthropological type; Models of behaviour; Clothing; Conclusion.