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Contents
ABSTRACT 7
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 8
NOTES ON TRANSLITERATION 10
PREAMBLE 15
INTRODUCTION 26
Theoretical Frames: The Construction of Spaces and Places 29
Fieldwork Framers: Dhërmi/Drimades of Himarë/Himara Area 32
Dynamic Processes of Construction and Reconfiguration of 37
Dhërmi/Drimades and Himarë/Himara Area
Contested Places and Spaces 40
CHAPTER ONE
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1. THE VILLAGE AND ITS PEOPLE
1.1. The Area 43
1.2. Geomorphological Story 47
1.3. Dhërmi/Drimades 49
1.4. Ambiguous Name 52
1.5. Shifting Localities 55
1.5.1. Shifting of the “Local” 56
1.5.2. The “Local” and the “Other” – Distinctions and Interrelations 57
1.6. Languages 63
1.6.1. In Search of the “First Language” 65
1.6.2. Language and Education 67
1.6.3. Spoken Languages 69
1.6.4. Language as the Permit to “Enter” 70
1.7. Religion 71
1.7.1. Religion in Albania 71
1.7.2. Churches of Dhërmi/Drimades 72
1.7.3. Religion and Everyday Practices 74
1.7.4. Religion and Gender 76
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