Format:
XVI, 238 S.
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Ill., Kt.
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22 cm
ISBN:
0253341892
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0253215706
Content:
Narratives of power : capacities of myth in Albania / Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers -- The nature of myth : some theoretical aspects / George Sch(c)œpflin -- Invention of a nationalism : myth and amnesia / Piro Misha -- The role of education in the formation of Albanian identity and its myths / Isa Blumi -- Religion and the politics of 'Albanianism' : Naim Frash(c)±ri'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 -- 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 -- 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 -- '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 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Narratives of power : capacities of myth in Albania
,
The nature of myth : some theoretical aspects
,
Invention of a nationalism : myth and amnesia
,
The role of education in the formation of Albanian identity and its myths
,
Religion and the politics of 'Albanianism' : Naim Frashëri's Bektashi writings
,
Myths of Albanian national identity : some key elements, as expressed in the works of Albanian writers in America in the early twentieth century
,
Between the glory of a virtual world and the misery of a real world
,
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
,
Enver Hoxha's role in the development of socialist Albanian myths
,
The myth of Ali Pasha and the Bektashis : the construction of an 'Albanian Bektashi national history'
,
Perceptions and reality in twentieth-century Albanian military prowess
,
Smoke without fire? Albania, SOE and the communist 'conspiracy theory'
,
'Shkolla shqipe' and nationhood : Albanians in pursuit of education in the native language in interwar (1918-41) and post-autonomy (1989-98) Kosovo
,
The perception of the Albanians in Greece in the 1830s and '40s : the role of the press
,
North American Albanian immigration : narratives on political myths
,
Culture and the reinvention of myths in a border area
,
Myths and new forms of governance in Albania
,
Youth NGOs in Albania : civil society development, local cultural constructions of democracy, and strategies of survival at work
,
Conspiracy theories in Albanian politics and media
Language:
English
Keywords:
Albanien
;
Nationalbewusstsein
;
Mythos
;
Geschichte
;
Geschichte
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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