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Ethno-Cultural Diversity
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![]() Ioana Aminian Jazi is a PhD candidate in Linguistics at the University of Vienna Thede Kahl is Professor of South Slavic and Southeast European Studies at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. |
This book brings together studies from a variety of different fields in an attempt to illuminate current multidisciplinary comparative research on ethno-cultural diversity in the Balkan and the Caucasus regions. The articles cover a wide variety of topics and include studies mapping the ethnic identity, archaeology and linguistics of these two very diverse geographical areas. Particular attention is paid to aspects of ethnic identity, migration and contact between the different ethnic groups and to parallel processes resulting from the interactions between minorities and majorities in the two cultural regions. Comprehensive research dealing with the transformations of everyday culture (music, theatre, material culture) and social changes (the ratio of men to women, gender studies, socialist feminist politics, a return to patriarchal societies) has been scarce for these regions, since the focus of research was previously directed to more specific topics. The present volume aims to bridge this gap, in order to contribute to a better understanding of similarities, differences, and transformations that characterize these areas, and to encourage further in-depth comparative research. … |
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Ethnocultural Diversity in the Balkans and the Caucasus, pp. 335-344, 2023/02/09
Τhe closest relations between the Transdanubian Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia, and Greece can be documented in the era of Phanariot rule in Greece between 1716–1821. Two examples allow more precise analysis: the social satires concerning Wallachian matters written in Greek in Bucharest and the amateur theatre performaned mostly in Bucharest after 1800, which forms the starting point of the coexistence of Romanian and Greek theater in the area. The social satires begin in 1692 in Bucharest and include Greek dialogic texts written by clergymen about ecclesiastical matters and persons, whereas Phanariot authors focus mainly on the concrete figures of rulers. These texts provide a wonderful insight into culture and everyday life in Bucharest. The amateur scenes at court and in schools take place after 1816 where scenes of ancient tragedies were played, but also the more recent dramas of Voltaire and Alfieri as well as Greek authors against tyranny; in these cases, ancient history was used as a cryptic chiffre to the suppression of the Ottoman Regime.
Keywords: Greek Drama, Satire, Amateur Theater Performance, Bucharest, Phanariots