More than twenty years of rapid change under the combined impact of transformation, globalization, and EU integration have deeply affected the structures of everyday life in Southeast Europe and have produced a variety of (post-)modern life styles. The 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 labour relations and legal concepts, the return to traditional religions and the adherence to new religious forms, the enthusiasm for modern communication technologies and 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.
CONTENTS:
Editorial
Changing Labour Relations
Olsi Lelaj, TiranaThe Proletarianisation of the Peasantry. A Narrative of Socialist Modernity in Albania
Sonia Catrina, BucharestCharacteristics of Rural Tourist Enterprises Developed by the “New Peasants” of Maramureș
Ivanka Petrova, SofiaReligiöse Praxen in bulgarischen Kleinunternehmen
Marina Simić, BelgradeWhen Money Is Not Enough. Selling and Shopping in Novi Sad
Ivaylo Markov, SofiaTitostalgia and Euro Hopes. Longing for the Yugoslav Times among Albanian Labour Migrants from Macedonia
Civil Law – Customary Law
Nebi Bardhoshi, TiranaAlbanian Communism and Legal Pluralism. The Question of Kanun Continuity
Jadranka Djordjevic Crnobrnja, BelgradeBetween Custom and the Law. The Example of Inheritance in Serbia
Forms of Religiosity
Nicolai Staab, ErfurtApplying Theories of Religion in Modernity to Southeast Europe. The Case of Post-Socialist Romania
Aleksandra Djurić-Milovanović, Belgrade“How long have you been in the truth?” Expressing New Forms of Religiosity: Romanian Neo-Protestants in Serbia
Georgeta Nazarska, SofiaYouth Cultures, the Orthodox Church, and Nationalist Formations in Bulgaria Coexistence in the Postmodern Situation
Aleksandra Pavićević, BelgradeSoul of Dandelion. Religion, Death and Politics in the “Seeing off” of the Body and Funeral of Patriarch Pavle
Milesa Stefanović-Banović, BelgradeMaterial Culture as a Source of Orthodox Christian Identity in Serbia at the End of the 20th and the Beginning of the 21st Century
Katerina Seraïdari, BrusselsReligious Processions in the Aegean (Greece). Issues of Gender, Social Status and Politics
Vesna Vučinić-Nešković, BelgradeRevival of Processions in Contemporary Montenegro. Litiyas of Kuti and Their Transformation since the 1990s
Redefining National and Ethnic Identities
Martina Baleva, BaselThe Empire Strikes Back. Image Battles and Image Frontlines during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878
Goze Orhon, AnkaraOfficial Memory of the 1980 Coup in Turkey. Story of a Downfall
Daniel Habit, MunichBecoming “European”? Interpretations of Cultural Heritage in European Capitals of Culture
Vesna Trifunović, BelgradeTransition as a Winning or a Losing Game. Social Conceptualizations and Identifications in Post-Socialist Serbia
Ljiljana Gavrilović, BelgradeMMORPG: An Entrance into the World Without Borders
Addresses of authors and editors
Instructions to authors