Grecomans Explained

Grecomans or Graecomans (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Γραικομάνοι|Graikománoi; Bulgarian: Гъркомани|Gărkomani; Macedonian: Гркомани|Grkomani; Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Grecomani; Albanian: Grekomanë; Aromanian; Arumanian; Macedo-Romanian: Gricumanji) is a pejorative term used in Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, and Albania to characterize Albanian-,^[1] Aromanian-,^[2] and Slavic-speaking^[3] people, who self-identify as ethnic Greeks. The term generally means "pretending to be a Greek" and implies a non-Greek origin.^[4] Another meaning of the term is fanatic Greek.^[5] The term is considered highly offensive to the Greek people.^[6] The "Grecomans" are regarded as ethnic Greeks in Greece, but as members of originally non-Greek, but subsequently Hellenized minorities, in the neighboring countries.^[7]

See also

• Rum Millet
• Rise of the nationalism in the Ottoman Empire

Sources

• Book: Brown, Keith. The Past in Question: Modern Macedonia and the Uncertainties of Nation. Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton University Press. 2003. 0-691-09995-2.
• Book: Cowan, Jane K.. Macedonia: The Politics of Identity and Difference. Sterling, Virginia. Pluto Press. 2000. 0-7453-1589-5.
• Book: Danforth, Loring M.. The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World. Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton University Press. 1997. 0-691-04356-6.
• Kahl. Thede. Thede Kahl. The Ethnicity of Aromanians after 1990: The Identity of a Minority that Behaves like a Majority. Ethnologia Balkanica. June 2002. 145–169.
• Book: Kalyvas, Stathis N.. The Logic of Violence in Civil War. Cambridge, United Kingdom. Cambridge University Press. 2006. 0-521-85409-1.
• Book: Karakasidou, Anastasia N.. Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood: Passages to Nationhood in Greek Macedonia, 1870-1990. Chicago, Illinois. University of Chicago Press. 1997. 0-226-42494-4.
• Book: Kontogiorgi, Elisabeth. Population Exchange in Greek Macedonia: The Rural Settlement of Refugees 1922-1930. Oxford, United Kingdom. Clarendon Press. 2006. 0-19-927896-2.
• Book: Mackridge. Peter. Yannakakis. Eleni. Ourselves and Others: The Development of a Greek Macedonian Cultural Identity since 1912. Oxford, United Kingdom. Berg Publishers. 1997. 1-85973-138-4.
• Book: Nugent, David. Locating Capitalism in Time and Space: Global Restructurings, Politics, and Identity. Stanford, California. Stanford University Press. 2002. 0-8047-4238-3.
• Book: Rossos, Andrew. Macedonia and the Macedonians: A History. Stanford, California. Hoover Press (Stanford University). 2008. 978-0-8179-4882-5.
• Book: Skendi, Stavro. The Albanian National Awakening, 1878-1912. Princeton, New Jersey. Princeton University Press. 1967. registration.
• Van Boeschoten. Riki. Code-switching, Linguistic Jokes and Ethnic Identity: Reading Hidden Transcripts in a Cross-cultural Context. Journal of Greek Studies. 24. 2006. 347–377.

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5. Web site: The Macedonian Affair - A Historical Review of the Attempts to Create a Counterfeit Nation (Institute of International and Strategic Studies in Athens, Greece). Hellenic Resources Network. 1995–2009. 12 February 2011.
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