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Ethnologia Balkanica: Journal of Balkan Ethnology, vol. 1 (Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Academic Publishing House, 1997. Pp. 228) and vol. 2 (Munster. Waxmann Verlag, 1998. Pp. 240).
JAMES R. DOW
Iowa State University
Ethnologia Balkanica is a new international journal that publishes ethnological and folklore studies related to Southeastern Europe. It is the journal of the Association for Balkan Anthropology (ABA), a scholarly society founded in Sofia in 1995. Its goals are the promotion ofresearch and teaching of Balkan ethnology, the diffusion of ethnological knowledge ofthe Balkans, the initiation of cooperation, and the organization of international conferences. The first two volumes are the subject ofthis review.
Although the primary language of Ethnologia Balkanica is English, there are also articles in each issue in French and in German, with abstracts in English. Several of the pieces written in English by German or Austrian scholars have abstracts in German. The coverage is extensive, touching on most of the nations of the Balkan peninsula, and many of the smaller ethnic language groups found there. It soon becomes clear, however, that there are more studies by Bulgarians, and for the most part about Bulgaria, than any other portion of the Balkans. In addition to the articles included, there are reports on anthropology, ethnology, and folklore programs of study in Romania, Macedonia, Croatia, Austria, and Bulgaria. A few articles deal with Albania, one with Greece, and there are two studies that address smaller linguistic and ethnic groups,...