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‘We are not Greek, but…’: dealing with the Greek–Albanian border among the Albanian-speaking Christians of Southern Albania

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: This article looks at the way Albanian-speaking Orthodox Christians from Lunxheri, in southern Albania cross the border with Greece. Based on narratives and family histories collected in 2001 and 2002, it relates the specific position of this community in the border area (Albanian but not Muslim, Orthodox Christian but not Greek) to the representations and symbolic perceptions of the border. It shows how the current crossings of the border are related to the maintaining and crossing of the ethnic boundary between Greeks and Albanians, but also between Albanians and Vlachs, and between Muslims and Christians.

Source: Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies

DOI: 10.1080/14683850412331321778

Author: Gilles de Rapper

Institution: Institut d'ethnologie méditerranéenne européenne et comparative

Language: English

Topic: Balkans: History, Politics, Society

Subfield: Cultural Studies

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W1992905281

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Cited by: 7

Related to: 10