From pulab at gusun.georgetown.edu  Sat Aug  5 19:50:50 2000
From: pulab at gusun.georgetown.edu (Besnik Pula)
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 19:50:50 -0400
Subject: [ALST-L] FW: New Book: Religion and the Politics of Identity in Kosovo by
 Duijzings
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               Michael Dwyer <hurst at atlas.co.uk>

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               New book announcement from Hurst - New book announcement
               from Hurst -
               New book announcement from Hurst - New book announcement
               from Hurst -

               RELIGION AND THE POLITICS OF IDENTITY IN KOSOVO

               Gerlachus Duijzings

               This is a fascinating and timely study or religious
practices and
               beliefs, and their interaction with the modern politics of
               nationalism, in the Kosovo region. The fact that Kosovo has
been so
               prominently in the news during the last year will of course
ensure a
               wide public interest in the subject matter of this book.
[...] A
               valuable contribution to a field in which scholarly interest
is
               rapidly growing, but for which the available literature in
West
               European languages has hithero been, at best, patchy.' (Noel
Malcolm,
               author, Kosovo: A Short History)

               Kosovo is by now universally known as a conflict-ridden and
               segregated society, where ethnic divisions are reinforced by
the
               religious ones between Serbs and the (mainly) Muslim
Albanians. This
               rift is usually perceived as hard and fast, but Kosovo has
also a
               history of coexistence, with movement across ethno-religious
barriers
               through social and economic ties, cultural diffusion, and
religious
               exchange and conversion. Instead of two ethnic societies, it
is
               possible to think of a single frontier society, in which
               confrontation has alternated with intense contact and
co-operation.
               The tension between conflict and symbiosis is at the core of
this
               book, which studies ethnic and religious groups in the
region --
               Albanians, Serbs, Croats and Gypsies -- and the religious
dimension
               in their efforts to construct or transform their identities.
The
               chapters describe different, usually local, arenas and
contexts, but
               all deal with interconnected themes: the way identities are
formed
               and transformed as a result of wider political developments,
and how
               religion and ritual cna help to establish forms community.
across
               ethno-religious boundaries but can also create divisions.
Although
               the focus is mainly on Kosovo, the scope is much wider,
extending to
               developments in Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, Macedonia and
Serbia.

               Contents:
               1. Introduction
               2. The Exodus of Kosovo Croats: A Chronicle of Ethnic
Unmixing
               3. Christian Shrines and Muslim Pilgrims: Joint Pilgrimages
and
               Ambiguous Sanctuaries
               4. The Martyrs of Stublla: Albanian Crypto-Catholics and the
Franciscan Mission
               5. Albanian Dervishes versus Bosnian Ulema: The Revival of
Popular
               Sufism in Kosovo
               6. The Making of Egyptians (Gypsies) in Kosovo and Macedonia
               7. Naim Frasheri's Qerbelaja: Religion and Nationalism Among
the Albanians
               8. The Kosovo Epic: Religion and Nationalism Among the Serbs
               9. Conclusion

               Ger Duijzings, a cultural anthropologist, is Lecturer in
Serbo-Croat
               studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies,
               University of London.


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               xvi, 238pp., 2 maps, 14 black and white photos Publication
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From mpalacios at teleline.es  Mon Aug 14 14:44:42 2000
From: mpalacios at teleline.es (J.M.Palacios)
Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2000 20:44:42 +0200
Subject: [ALST-L] Bajram Kosumi on 1981 demonstrations
Message-ID: <003401c0061f$b5e4d6c0$017a99c1@user>

In March 1991, Prishtina's weekly Koha published a long article by Bajram Kosumi on 1981 demonstration.

Is anywhere available an English translation of Kosumi's article?

Thanks!

Jose-Miguel Palacios
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