{"product_id":"everyday-life-in-the-balkans-hardback-9780253026170","title":"Everyday Life in the Balkans (Hardback) 9780253026170","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEveryday Life in the Balkans\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid W. Montgomery (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253026170\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 26 November 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e422 pages, 68 b\u0026amp;w illus., 1 table - 1 Halftones, black and white - 24 Illustrations, black and white\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.726 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis richly illustrated volume features more than fifty, often beautiful, black-and-white photographs of everyday scenes.\u003ci\u003eEveryday Life in the Balkans \u003c\/i\u003eis a smart sampler, a best-off that provides short glimpses into late socialist, post-socialist, and recent scholarship. It is highly recommended bedtime reading for any scholar of the region—student or more advanced—interested in looking beyond his or her own nose. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e (Suedosteuropa) \u003cp\u003eTthis volume offers invaluable insights into how the people of the Balkans construct their daily life in terms of art, religion, history, and ethnic relations.\u003c\/p\u003e (KULT online) \u003cp\u003eThe edited volume \u003ci\u003eEveryday Life in the Balkans\u003c\/i\u003e shows us that what is mundane is not at all boring. . . . Overall, this book is a welcome contribution to the literature on both the Balkans and everyday life. Its contributors together paint a vivid composite picture of life in an area that has been misunderstood for so long. This volume will go a long way in countering such misunderstandings by creating familiarity with local cultures and customs.\u003c\/p\u003e - Victoria Clement (Europe-Asia Studies)\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEveryday Life in the Balkans\u003c\/em\u003e gathers the work of leading scholars across disciplines to provide a broad overview of the countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey. This region has long been characterized as a place of instability and political turmoil, from World War I, through the Yugoslav Wars, and even today as debate continues over issues such as the influx of refugees or the expansion of the European Union. However, the work gathered here moves beyond the images of war and post-socialist stagnation which dominate Western media coverage of the region to instead focus on the lived experiences of the people in these countries. Contributors consider a wide range of issues including family dynamics, gay rights, war memory, religion, cinema, fashion, and politics. Using clear language and engaging examples, \u003ci\u003eEveryday Life in the Balkans\u003c\/i\u003e provides the background context necessary for an enlightened conversation about the policies, economics, and culture of the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Seeing Everyday Life in the Balkans \/ David W. Montgomery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection I: The (Historical) Context of Everyday Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Early Balkan Everyday Life \/ Andrew Wachtel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Crimes and Misdemeanors: Scenes of Everyday Life among the Gendarmerie in Ottoman Macedonia, ca. 1900 \/ Ipek K. Yosmaoğlu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. It's What's Inside That Counts: Furnishing the Modern in the Apartments of Socialist Yugoslavia \/ Patrick Hyder Patterson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Consuming Lives: Inside the Balkan \u003ci\u003eKafene\u003c\/i\u003e \/ Mary Neuburger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Burek, Da! Sociality, Context, and Idiom in Macedonia and Beyond \/ Keith Brown\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection II: The Home(s) of Everyday Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Kinship and Safety Nets in Croatia and Kosovo \/ Carolin Leutloff-Grandits\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. \"This Much We Know\": Domestic Remedies and Quotidian Tricks since Tito's Bosnia \/ Larisa Jašarević\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Femininity, Fashion, and Feminism: Women's Activists in Bosnia-Herzegovina \/ Elissa Helms\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. That Black Cloud upon Our Family: Everyday Life of Gays and Lesbians in Slovenia \/ Roman Kuhar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Between Past and Future: Young People's Strategies for Living a \"Normal Life\" in Post-war Bosnia-Herzegovina \/ Monika Palmberger\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. \"But Where Else Could They Go?\" The State, Family, and Private Care in a Bosnian Town \/ Azra Hromadžić\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection III: The Livelihoods of Everyday Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Cars, Coffee, and \"The Crisis\": Balkan Migration in Precarious Times \/ Ana Croegaert\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. \"We Don't Belong Anywhere\": Everyday Life in a Serbian Town Where Immigrants Are Former Refugees \/ Mila Dragojević\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Neoliberal Spaces of Immorality: The Creation of a Bulgarian Land Market and \"Land-grabbing\" Foreign Investors \/ Deema Kaneff\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Making Ends Meet in a Rural Community: The Life and Times of Aleksandar Živojinović \/ Andrew Konitzer \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. A Lot of Sweat, a Little Bit of Fun, and Not Entirely \"Hard Men\": Worker's Masculinity in the Uljanik Shipyard \/ Andrea Matošević\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Perceptions of Balkan Belonging in Post-dictatorship Greece \/ Daniel M. Knight\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection IV: The Politics of Everyday Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. Neither the Balkans nor Europe: The \"Where\" and \"When\" in Present-day Albania \/ Nataša Gregorič Bon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e20. Growing Up in Montenegro: A Story of Transformation and Resistance \/ Jelena Džankić\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. War Criminals, National Heroes, and Transitional Justice in Macedonia \/ Vasiliki P. Neofotistos\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e22. A Lively Border \/ Čarna Brković and Stef Jansen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e23. \"Politicians Are All Crooks!\" Everyday Politics in Bulgaria \/ Emilia Zankina\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e24. Life among Statues in Skopje \/ Ilká Thiessen\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection V: The Religion(s) of Everyday Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e25. \"The Hardest Time was the Time without Morality\": Religion, Transition, and Social Navigation in Albania \/ David W. Montgomery\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e26. Ramadan in Prizren \/ Frances Trix\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e27. The Cross at the Crossroads: The Feast of \u003ci\u003eSlava\u003c\/i\u003e between Faith and Custom \/ Milica Bakić-Hayden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e28. Boundaries of Freedom, Boundaries of Responsibility: Everyday Religious Life of Croatian Catholic Women \/ Slavica Jakelić\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e29. Religious Boundaries, \u003ci\u003eKomsholuk\u003c\/i\u003e, and Sharing Sacred Spaces in Bulgaria \/ Magdalena Lubanska\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e30. The Everyday of Religion and Politics in the Balkans \/ Albert Doja\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSection VI: The Art of Everyday Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e31. Unintentional Memorials: Everyday Places of Memory in Post-transition Bucharest \/ Alyssa Grossman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e32. Between East and West, Folk and Pop, State and Market: Changing Landscapes of Bulgarian Folk Music \/ Carol Silverman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e33. Mothers in Balkan Film \/ Yana Hashamova\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e34. 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