The “mother party” and her “heroic sons”.The role of the antifascist discourse in a patron-clients Balkan state Cover Image
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„Партията–майка” и нейните „героични синове”. Ролята на антифашисткия дискурс в едно клиентелистко балканско общество
The “mother party” and her “heroic sons”.The role of the antifascist discourse in a patron-clients Balkan state

Author(s): Milena Angelova, Petar Vodenicharov
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«

Summary/Abstract: Based on statistic data and archive documents a gender analysis of the Bulgarian guerrilla fighter movement (1941-1944) and the "Unions of the fighters against fascism" (1946 - 1956) has be done. We aim at both revealing the typical male and female autobiographies of the antifascists and the socio-psychological mechanisms which led to the marginalization of the female antifascists in the Bulgarian communist state and the establishing of male patron-client power nets providing caste privileges and heroic macho image. The sources of homophobia has been also researched.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 1-2
  • Page Range: 240-250
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bulgarian