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A Month in the Life of Ephtim D. / by Asen Balikci
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cultural anthropology.
- Pensions.
- Daily life.
- Elderly people.
- Communism.
- Personal finances.
- Economic conditions.
- Bulgaria.
- Local Subjects:
- Cultural anthropology.
- Pensions.
- Daily life.
- Elderly people.
- Communism.
- Personal finances.
- Economic conditions.
- Bulgaria.
- Genre:
- Documentary
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (57 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Royal Anthropological Institute, 1999.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Ephtim D., 73 years old, is a retired postman. He lives in Sofia with his wife Ghinka in a three room suburban apartment. As a socialist he feels confused by the 'crazy' democracy and the uncertainties of the transition period. The couple's combined pensions amount to $66.00. Ephtim experiences constant difficulties in balancing the family budget. Free medical care and lunches at a subsidised canteen are essential to his survival strategy. This portrait of a Bulgarian pensioner is presented in the context of a global hopelessness and a clearly felt nostalgia for the communist past.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed December 12, 2018).
- Recorded Sofia, Bulgaria 0000.
- OCLC:
- 849668443
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