Publications

Publication details [#65307]

Sotirova, Nadezhda. 2018. A cry and an outcry: Oplakvane (complaining) as a term for communication practice. Journal of International and Intercultural Communication 11 (4) : 304–323.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communication | complaining | ethnography of speaking | meaning | ritual

Language as a subject

Bulgarian

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This inquiry explored the term oplakvane in Bulgarian discourse. It refers to a communication practice –equal to complaining– and a set of linked, cultural meanings for manners to build a socio-economic and political reality.