The term Grecomans (Bulgarian: Гъркомани, Garkomani, Macedonian: Гркомани, Grkomani, Romanian: Grecomani, Albanian: Grekomanë) is a pejorative used in Bulgaria, Republic of Macedonia, Romania and Albania to characterize Arvanitic,[1] Aromanian,[2] and Slavic-speaking[3] 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 and as Hellenized minorities in neighboring countries.[7]
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- ^ Skendi 1967, p. 67.
- ^ Kahl 2002, pp. 145–169.
- ^ Karakasidou 1997, p. 106; Mackridge & Yannakakis 1997, p. 148 (Note #11); Nugent 2002, p. 181; Cowan 2000, p. 40; Danforth 1997, pp. 245–246; Kalyvas 2006, p. 312 (Footnote #65); Rossos 2008, p. 145; Brown 2003, p. 82.
- ^ Van Boeschoten 2006, pp. 347–377.
- ^ "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. http://www.hri.org/docs/affair.html. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
- ^ Danforth 1997, p. 221.
- ^ Kontogiorgi 2006, pp. 233–234.
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- Brown, Keith (2003). The Past in Question: Modern Macedonia and the Uncertainties of Nation. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691099952. http://books.google.com/books?id=48NyoQdOWH0C.
- Cowan, Jane K. (2000). Macedonia: The Politics of Identity and Difference. Sterling, Virginia: Pluto Press. ISBN 0745315895. http://books.google.com/books?id=SXGd04cB59EC.
- Danforth, Loring M. (1997). The Macedonian Conflict: Ethnic Nationalism in a Transnational World. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691043566. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZmesOn_HhfEC.
- Kahl, Thede (June 2002). "The Ethnicity of Aromanians after 1990: The Identity of a Minority that Behaves like a Majority". Ethnologia Balkanica: 145–169. http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/issuedetails.aspx?issueid=0a13424e-93c0-4bd9-bca0-0315150024fa&articleId=7740690c-b7c6-4239-871e-6dc7b454b438.
- Kalyvas, Stathis N. (2006). The Logic of Violence in Civil War. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521854091. http://books.google.com/books?id=jaTUJZlOykkC.
- Karakasidou, Anastasia N. (1997). Fields of Wheat, Hills of Blood: Passages to Nationhood in Greek Macedonia, 1870-1990. Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0226424944. http://books.google.com/books?id=vGQ2enTZWO4C.
- Kontogiorgi, Elisabeth (2006). Population Exchange in Greek Macedonia: The Rural Settlement of Refugees 1922-1930. Oxford, United Kingdom: Clarendon Press. ISBN 0199278962. http://books.google.com/books?id=_OMkAAAAYAAJ.
- Mackridge, Peter; Yannakakis, Eleni (1997). Ourselves and Others: The Development of a Greek Macedonian Cultural Identity since 1912. Oxford, United Kingdom: Berg Publishers. ISBN 1859731384. http://books.google.com/books?id=AiJvm924ankC.
- Nugent, David (2002). Locating Capitalism in Time and Space: Global Restructurings, Politics, and Identity. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0804742383. http://books.google.com/books?id=MEhBHOk3QPMC.
- Rossos, Andrew (2008). Macedonia and the Macedonians: A History. Stanford, California: Hoover Press (Stanford University). ISBN 0817948821. http://books.google.com/books?id=hE5PxJjrI8AC.
- Skendi, Stavro (1967). The Albanian National Awakening, 1878-1912. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. http://books.google.com/books?id=qmm4AAAAIAAJ.
- Van Boeschoten, Riki (2006). Code-switching, Linguistic Jokes and Ethnic Identity: Reading Hidden Transcripts in a Cross-cultural Context. 24. Journal of Greek Studies. pp. 347–377.
