{"product_id":"the-village-project-rural-revitalization-in-contemporary-bulgaria-hardback-9780299357504","title":"The Village Project; Rural Revitalization in Contemporary Bulgaria (Hardback) 9780299357504","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Village Project\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRural Revitalization in Contemporary Bulgaria\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSarah Craycraft (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780299357504, University of Wisconsin Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 July 2026\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e280 pages, 8 b\u0026amp;w illus. - 1 map - 2 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“A deft, timely analysis. This impressive, original work speaks to the circulation of folklife and contemporary ideological debates in Bulgaria.” - Carol Silverman, author of \u003ci\u003eRomani Routes: Cultural Politics and Balkan Music in Diaspora\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An original argument buttressed by high-quality scholarship and ethnographic engagement. Offers new views on social factors that have driven populism and political instability in Bulgaria and beyond.” - Gerald W. Creed, author of \u003ci\u003eMasquerade and Postsocialism: Ritual and Cultural Dispossession in Bulgaria\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the collapse of socialism, Bulgaria's population has been on the move—out of rural regions and into cities, or out of the country altogether. Yet today there is a countermovement of young, urban Bulgarians, born around 1989, seeking to repopulate rural villages and reclaim traditional Bulgarian folklife. Though many of these young Bulgarians have no direct experience with a rural lifestyle nor memories of thriving village life, their actions and movements are inspired by a nostalgic vision of the past. And so, beyond a spatial return, this rural revitalization movement speaks to visions of an alternate future, one sparked by dismay with the conditions of contemporary life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUsing ethnographic and folkloristic methods, Sarah Craycraft paints a complex, detailed picture of responses to Europeanization, carried out through neoliberal folklife projects as they collide with ongoing efforts to build a revitalized rural Bulgaria in the ruins of the past. Contextualized within a particular Southeast European nation, the study speaks to broader questions of rural revival, public-facing culture work, intergenerational folklore, and the imbrication of folklore with politics and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations \u003cbr\u003e Note on Transliteration \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Introduction \u003cbr\u003e 1 The Children of Postsocialism: A Generation Encounters the Village \u003cbr\u003e 2 Something’\u003cbr\u003es in the Thicket: Becoming a Villager \u003cbr\u003e 3 “\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cbr\u003eМ\u003cbr\u003eО\u003cbr\u003eС\u003cbr\u003eТ\u003cbr\u003e’\u003cbr\u003e WANTED”\u003cbr\u003e: Residencies and Revitalization \u003cbr\u003e 4 From Ethnography to Artistry: Radical Imagination for Rural Realities \u003cbr\u003e 5 Buying Baba: Craft Work “\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePo Proekt\u003c\/i\u003e”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 6 Projects to the Rescue? Networks of Care and Emergency Response \u003cbr\u003e Conclusion \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e Notes \u003cbr\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Wisconsin Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52551695466776,"sku":"9780299357504","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-village-project-rural-revitalization-in-contemporary-bulgaria-hardback-9780299357504","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}