Щрихи от етнопсихологията на българката (По материали на чужди автори от XVI-XIX в.)
Sketches from the Ethnopsychology of Bulgarian Woman (On Materials from Foreign Authors in XVI-XIX cc.)

Summary/Abstract: In the article an attempt is made to outline some basic psychological features in the ethno-picture of Bulgarian woman on data from European travel notes from Bulgarian lands during the Ottoman Rule. Those sources allow to analyse the problem from two aspects. The first aspect is connected with the identification of psychological features in the character and behaviour of Bulgarian woman, made by foreign travellers, and in comparison with women from other ethnoses in the Ottoman Empire. This allows to reveal typical ethnic specifities in the mentality of Bulgarian woman on the principles of ethnodifferentiation and opposition. The second aspect is connected with the self-identification of Bulgarian women through self-assessment of their behavious and the strive to maintain their national consciousness and ethnic identity. The interweaving of those two aspects represents a generalized image of Bulgarian woman from the past, without taking into consideration her social and confessional identity. This image has preserved the specifities and richness of Bulgarian mentality, and has become an important factor for the maintainance of Bulgarian ethnic identity and the traditions of Bulgarian national culture.

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