| Title : | Albanian identities : myth and history | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Schwandner-Sievers Stephanie, Editor ; Bernd Fischer, Editor | | Publisher: | Bloomington : Indiana University Press | | Publication Date: | 2002 | | Pagination: | xvii-238 p. | | Layout: | map | | Size: | 22 cm | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-253-21570-3 | | General note: | Includes bibliographical references and index | | Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) | | Descriptors: | Albania - Politics and government
Albania--Historiography.
Myth.
Nationalism--Albania
| | Class number: | 949.65 | | Abstract: | "Albanian identities:myth and history"- challenges some long-held assumptions regarding significant episodes in Albania’s past, sheds new light on aspects of Albanian life that have yet to be fully explored, and provides new insights and perspectives for interpreting the Albanian experience….a pioneering effort in English-Language studies on Albania’’ – Nicholas C.Pano
Albanian history is permeated by myths and mythical narratives that often serve political purposes, from the depiction of the legendary ‘Founder of the nation’, Skanderbeg, to the exploits pf the KLA in the recent Kosovo War. The essays in Albanian Identities , by a multinational , multidisciplinary team of scholars and non-academic specialists , deconstruct prevalent political or historiogarphical myths about Albania’s past and present , bringing to light the ways in which Albanian myths have started to justify ad direct violence , butters political power , and foster internal cohesion. Albanian Identities demonstrates the power which myths still possess to this day , as they underpin political and social processes in crisis-ridden post-totalitarian Albania. | | Contents note: | Introduction; Narratives of Power: Capacities of Myth in Albania- Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers; The Nature of Myth: Some Theoretical Aspects -George Schdpflin; The history of albanian myth production; Invention of a Nationalism: Myth and Amnesia-Piro Misha; The Role of Education in the Formation of; Albanian Identity and its Myth-Isa Blumi; Religion and the Politics of'Albanianism': Naim Frasheri's Bektashi Writings--Ger Duijzings; Myths of Albanian National Identity: Some Key Elements, as Expressed in the Works of Albanian Writers in America in the Early Twentieth Century-- Noel Malcolm; Myths in communist politics, society and culture-- Between the Glory of a Virtual World and the Misery of a Real World--Fatos Lubonja; Ismail Kadare's The H-File and the Making of the Homeric Verse: Variations on the Works and Lives of Milman Parry and Albert Lord-- Galia Valtchinova; Enver Hoxha's Role in the Development of Socialist Albanian Myths-- M.J. Alex Standish; Nationalist Historiography or friends, foes and heroes-- The Myth of Ali Pasha and the Bektashis: The Construction of an 'Albanian Bektashi National History'-- Nathalie Clayer; Perceptions and Reality in Twentieth-Century Albanian Military Prowess-- Bernd J. Fischer; Smoke Without Fire? Albania, SOE and the Communist -- 'Conspiracy Theory'-- Roderick Bailey; Myths and cotested boundaries-- 'Shkolla Shqipe' and Nationhood: Albanians in Pursuit of Education in the Native Language in Interwar (1918-41) and Post-Autonomy (1989-98) Kosovo -- Denisa Kostovicova; The Perception of the Albanians in Greece in the 1830s and '40s: The Role of the Press -- Elias Skoulidas; North American Albanian Immigration: Narratives on Political Myths-- Annie Lafontaine; Culture and the Reinvention of Myths in a Border Area-- Gilles de Rapper; Myths of democracy,development and the future; Myths and New Forms of Governance in Albania- Mariella Pandolfi; Youth NGOs in Albania: Civil Society Development, Local Cultural Constructions of Democracy, and Strategies of Survival at Work--Nicola Mai; Conspiracy Theories in Albanian Politics and Media-- Fabian Schmidt; Index. | | Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=16737 |
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