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The term “Macedonian(s)” in Ottoman Macedonia: on the map and in the mind

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Maria Pandevska
Maria Pandevska*
Affiliation:
Institute of National History, Saints Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
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∗Email: mariamanol@hotmail.com
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Abstract

In this article I analyze the term “Macedonian(s)” based on the discourse of the Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (1893–1908) from the aspect of the internal understanding of the term as a supra-local and supra-church identity. Another matter for analysis in this article is that of the stereotypes in the interpretation of Macedonian historical processes inherited from the nineteenth century, still present in some contemporary historiographies. Hence, the article makes an attempt to bring down the stereotype about the existence of some unique Macedonian ethnic phenomenon known as the “Macedonian salad.” This article also deals with the significance of the geopolitical position of Ottoman Macedonia within the empire. More specifically, the emphasis is placed on the change of its position after the Great Eastern Crisis (1875–1881). Namely, for the first time since the Ottoman conquests in the Middle Ages, Macedonia's position within the empire changed from being a central to a peripheral Ottoman province, with all the advantages and disadvantages that this change brought about. This aspect of Macedonian historical reality is often neglected in the historiography.

Keywords

Ottoman EmpireOttoman MacedoniaMacedonian(s)supra-local identitysupra-church identitylabelingethnonym
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Nationalities Papers , Volume 40 , Issue 5 , September 2012 , pp. 747 - 766
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Copyright © 2012 Association for the Study of Nationalities 

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