Imagined or lost homeland? Representations of Crimea in the identity of Crimean Tatars in Vetovo, Bulgaria
Journal: Wschodnioznawstwo
Year: 2024

This essay discusses the diverse places, images and functions of the Crimean Peninsula within the identity of the demographically small Tatar community in present‑ day Vetovo, Bulgaria. Although the paper follows a multidisciplinary approach, anthropological fieldwork conducted with respondents of different profiles constitutes the backbone of the research. Based on Jan Assmann’s influential paradigm of „cultural memory”, the text places special emphasis on the various mechanisms of reproduction