Published online: 06 Nov 2013
Abstract
This paper
explores the relation between memory and national identity. It is based on the
hypothesis of whether—and to what degree—local memory, the cultural identity of
a region as expressed by collective memory, serves the constitution of national
identity or is a threat to the materialization of this objective, because of
its cultural ‘polyphony’ and different discourse. In order to investigate these
questions, research focused on the village of Petrota in northern Evros,
Greece, and its relation with the village of Malko Gradishte, on the other side
of the Greek–Bulgarian border. The relations and the manner of their
representation by the inhabitants, before and after the 1940s, when Bulgaria
joined the communist camp, are discussed. The paper underlines the importance
of collective memory for understanding official histories and identities.
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