Konstruktion von Identitäten in Grenzzonen. Interkulturelle Geschlechterbeziehungen am bulgarisch-griechischen Beispiel
Constructing identities in a border area. Intercultural gender relations: the Bulgarian – Greek case

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents results of the research project “Greeks in Bulgaria – Cultural Interactions and Identities”. The aim of this article is to analyze identity constructions and gender relations between Greek and Bulgarian inhabitants of the towns along the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast. The paper focuses on gender symbols and images as signifiers of cultural and ethnic differences, the variation of gender relations in a changing social and political context, and mixed marriages. The unifying impact of socialist state policy and mixed marriages effected a hybridization of cultures, and a unification of the roles of men and women from both communities, in their families as well as in the public sphere. The cultural and ethnic differences appear imaginary, retrospective, and transformed into a sense of affiliation to a common, mixed, and well-selling local culture, whose pillar is the ancient Greek tradition.

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