Southeast European (Post)Modernities: Part 2: Changing Forms of Identity, Religiosity, Law and Labour Volume 16

by Klaus Roth (Editor), Jennifer Cash (Editor), Jutta Lauth Bacas (Editor)

Overview

In southeast Europe, more than 20 years of rapid change under the combined impact of transformation, globalization, and EU integration have deeply affected the structures of everyday life and have produced a variety of (post-)modern lifestyles. This book's contributions focus on the changing practices and patterns of everyday life. The concepts of multiple modernities and post-modernity appear to be particularly appropriate for a region in which everyday life is marked by often sharp contrasts: the coexistence of modern and traditional labor relations and legal concepts * the return to traditional religions and the adherence to new religious forms * the enthusiasm for modern communication technologies * the reliance on national identification. Understanding these paths to (post-)modernity is relevant for those generally interested in processes of socio-cultural change, but particularly for those interested in the Balkans. (Series: Ethnologia Balkanica - Vol. 16)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783643904393
Publisher:	Lit Verlag
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Series:	Ethnologia Balkanica , #16
Pages:	376
Product dimensions:	5.75(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Editorial 9

Changing Labour Relations

The Proletarianisation of the Peasantry. A Narrative of Socialist Modernity in Albania Olsi Lelaj 21

Characteristics of Rural Tourist Enterprises Developed by the "New Peasants" of Maramures Sonia Catrina 41

Religiöse Praxen in bulgarischen Kleinunternehmen Ivanka Petrova 59

When Money Is Not Enough. Selling and Shopping in Novi Sad Marina Simic 73

Titostalgia and Euro Hopes. Longing for the Yugoslav Times among Albanian Labour Migrants from Macedonia Ivaylo Markov 93

Civil Law - Customary Law

Albanian Communism and Legal Pluralism. The Question of Kanun Continuity Nebi Bardhoshi 107

Between Custom and the Law. The Example of Inheritance in Serbia Jadranka Djordjevic Crnobrnja 127

Forms of Religiosity

Applying Theories of Religion in Modernity to Southeast Europe. The Case of Post-Socialist Romania Nicolai Staab 145

"How long have you been in the truth?" Expressing New Forms of Religiosity: Romanian Neo-Protestants in Serbia Aleksandra Djuric-Milovanovic 163

Youth Cultures, the Orthodox Church, and Nationalist Formations in Bulgaria Coexistence in the Postmodern Situation Georgeta Nazarska 179

Soul of Dandelion. Religion, Death and Politics in the "Seeing off" of the Body and Funeral of Patriarch Pavle Aleksandra Pavicevic 193

Material Culture as a Source of Orthodox Christian Identity in Serbia at the End of the 20^th and the Beginning of the 21^st Century Milesa Stefanovic-Banovic 209

Religious Processions in the Aegean (Greece). Issues of Gender, Social Status and Politics Katerina Seraïdari 225

Revival of Processions in Contemporary Montenegro. Litiyas of Kuti and Their Transformation since the 1990s Vesna Vucinic-Neškovic 245

Redefining National and Ethnic Identities

The Empire Strikes Back. Image Battles and Image Frontlines during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878 Martina Baleva 273

Official Memory of the 1980 Coup in Turkey. Story of a Downfall Goze Orhon 295

Becoming "European"? Interpretations of Cultural Heritage in European Capitals of Culture Daniel Habit 315

Transition as a Winning or a Losing Game. Social Conceptualizations and Identifications in Post-Socialist Serbia Vesna Trifunovic 333

MMORPG: An Entrance into the World Without Borders Ljiljana Gavrilovic 353

Addresses of editors and authors 371

Instructions to authors 374