%0 Journal Article
%T A War of Myths: Creation of the Founding Myth of Kosovo Albanians
%A Vedran Obu£¿ina
%J Suvremene Teme : Contemporary Issues
%D 2011
%I Political Science Research Centre
%X A distinctive Albanian character is present in the shaping of Kosovo¡¯s statehood.The official politics of history and identity diminish the importance of other ethnic communities and focuses on Albanian mythology, represented by mixture of contemporary and historical personalities, events, places and memories. Integrative and European-leaning from outside, Kosovo is more and more particular and Albanian from inside, leaving many doubts and uncertainties about the intercultural future of Europe¡¯s newest state.
%K Kosovo
%K Albanians
%K founding myth
%K memory
%K identity politics
%U http://contemporary-issues.cpi.hr/files/2e7dfde9570d7c8678f3c1998bd2ac3e.pdf