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Albanian Identities: Myth and History
September 2002, Indiana University Press
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2002, Indiana University Press
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Albanian Identities: Myth and History
September 2002, Indiana University Press
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION
Narratives of Power: Capacities of Myth in Albania
Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers 3
The Nature of Myth: Some Theoretical Aspects
George Schdpflin 26
I. THE HISTORY OF ALBANIAN MYTH PRODUCTION
Invention of a Nationalism: Myth and Amnesia
Piro Misha 33
The Role of Education in the Formation of
Albanian Identity and its Myths
Isa Blumi 49
Religion and the Politics of'Albanianism': Naim Frasheri's Bektashi Writings
Ger Duijzings 60
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 70
Part II. MYTHS IN COMMUNIST POLITICS, SOCIETY AND CULTURE
Between the Glory of a Virtual World and the Misery of a Real World
Fatos Lubonja 91
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 104
Enver Hoxha's Role in the Development of Socialist Albanian Myths
M.J. Alex Standish 115
Part III. 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 127
Perceptions and Reality in Twentieth-Century Albanian Military Prowess
Bernd J. Fischer 134
Smoke Without Fire? Albania, SOE and the Communist
'Conspiracy Theory'
Roderick Bailey 143
Part IV MYTHS AND CONTESTED 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 157
The Perception of the Albanians in Greece in the 1830s and '40s: The Role of the Press
Elias Skoulidas 172
North American Albanian Immigration: Narratives on Political Myths
Annie Lafontaine 182
Culture and the Reinvention of Myths in a Border Area
Gilles de Rapper 190
Part V. MYTHS OF DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUTURE
Myths and New Forms of Governance in Albania
Mariella Pandolfi 203
Youth NGOs in Albania: Civil Society Development, Local Cultural Constructions of Democracy, and Strategies of Survival at Work
Nicola Mai 215
Conspiracy Theories in Albanian Politics and Media
Fabian Schmidt 226.
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