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index Page numbers in italics represent photographs and maps. A1 (Macedonian TV station), 1, 40 Abdulselam, Emini, 32 Ahmeti, Ali, 38, 49–50, 59, 67, 119, 120, 122–23, 127 Albanian Democratic Union for Integration (DUI), 120–21, 122–23, 124, 168n10 Albanian Liberation Army of Preševo, Medvedja , and Bujanovac (Albanian Ushtria Çlirimtare e Preshevës, Medvegjës dhe Bujanocit, UÇPMB), 38, 40–41, 161n4 Albanian National Democratic Party (NDP/ PDK), 42, 48, 159n3 Albanian University in Mala Rečica, 123 Albanian Women’s Alliance, 103 Albanians in Republic of Macedonia: antiAlbanian prejudice and “modern” selfhood , 107-8, 110–11; Bit Pazar incident, 25–28, 26; citizenship and naturalization procedures, 25, 29; community referendum on political and territorial autonomy (1992), 22; controversial 1994 census, 28–29; early years of Macedonia independence , 25–36; enacting “modern” Albanian selfhood, 107–17; establishment of Tetovo University, 29–33; ethnoreligious antagonism (post-2001), 124; flags/symbols and discourse of entitlement to rights, 35–36; Gostivar demonstrations, 34–36; media and construction of social reality, 50–51, 61–64; peace rallies in Skopje and Tetovo, 47–48, 162n2; post-independence coalition government, 28, 120–23; and pro-Albanian attitudes of international community, 59–60; relocation of women/children and return of Albanian men, 60–61; students enrolled in Macedonian universities, 160n14; Sunni Muslim population, 3, 158n9; terms used to describe NLA, 62; 2002 census figures, 154–55n5, 160n12; women’s education and emancipation, 103. See also anxiety in Macedonian and Albanian communities; Macedonia, Republic of (“critical events”); Macedonia, Republic of (post-independence); performances of civility; performances of respectability, Albanians’; power relationships among social actors Albanians in socialist period Macedonia (Yugoslavia): anti-Albanian policies and Albanian minority, 17–19; boycott of 1991 Yugoslav census, 20–21; boycott of referendum on Macedonian independence (1991), 21–23; closing of Albanianlanguage programs, 19, 30; community referendum on political and territorial autonomy, 22; Kosovo demonstrations, 18; persecution and expulsions, 17–18; postTito repressions, 19; radicals and “Republic of Illirida,” 22, 159n5 Alexander the Great, 24, 125–26 Aliti, Abdurrahman, 27 Alliance of Reform Forces, 159n3 Anderson, Benedict, 21, 29 Andov, Stojan, 2–3, 53 antiquitization movement, 124–26 anxiety in Macedonian and Albanian communities , 3, 12, 39, 43, 44–46, 47–64; Albanian peace rallies in Skopje and Tetovo, 47–48, 162n2; effects of international involvement in crisis, 58–61; and expansion of NLA control over northwest Macedonia, 48–51; experience of uncanny, 44–46; fears of NLA infiltration into neighborhoods, 55–56; helicopter noises triggering war memories, 45–46; joke telling, 56–58; 194 Index anxiety in Macedonian and Albanian communities (cont’d) media rumors and confusion over reality/ illusion, 54–55; perceptions of heightened vulnerability and imminent defeat, 58–61; research participants’ comments and actions , 51–53; social realities constructed by media, 50–51, 61–64; spread of rumors, 53–56; suspicions regarding return of Albanian men, 60–61; television newswatching , 43 Appadurai, Arjun, 113 Aračinovo, village of, 52, 59–60, 68, 122, 124 Arel, Dominique, 21, 29 Aretxaga, Begoña, 6, 38–39 ARM (Armija na Republika Makedonija, Army of the Republic of Macedonia), 51. See also Macedonian Special Forces Association of Political Prisoners, 48 asylum seekers, Albanian, 90–91 “avoidance ethic,” 99–100 Badinter Arbitration Commission, 24, 67, 160n9 The Balkan Express (Drakulić), 52 Balkan wars. See Yugoslav wars Bateson, Gregory, 89 Berisha government in Albania, 34 Bhabha, Homi K., 36 Birlik (Turkish-language newspaper), 163n21 Bitola, anti-Muslim riots in, 62–63 Bit Pazar: power relationships between Albanian vendors and Macedonian men, 86; shooting incident (1992), 25–28, 26; shopping at, 112–13 Boskovski, Ljube, 44, 167n1 Boševski, Tome, 126 Bosnian Muslims, 98, 159n7 Bourdieu, Pierre, 165n4 Bringa, Tone, 5 “brotherhood and unity” (bratstvo i jedinstvo ), 19, 22–23, 74 Brown, Keith S., 16, 23, 32–33, 35 Brunnbauer, Ulf, 30, 160n14 Bugajski, Janusz, 160n15 Bulgaria, 16, 23–24, 111, 159n8, 165n14 Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 16 Čairčanka, shooting incident, 53–54 Čair neighborhood district of Skopje, 7–9; citizens’ anxieties, 44–46, 51–53; “dirty” reputation, 7–9; population and ethnic/ religious diversity, 7, 158n10. See also Skopje, Macedonia Camp Bondsteel, 69 Çeku, Agim, 161n5 Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 69–70 China, 36, 161n18 Chuengsatiansup, Komatra, 70 civility. See performances of civility Civil Rights Forum, 48 Cobb, Sara, 70 Coleman, James, 95 Coles, Kimberley, 122 Comaroff, Jean, 101, 107, 115 Comaroff, John, 101, 107 “Communiqué no 4,” 37–38 “constitutional nationalism,” 22 consumerism and “modern” Albanian selfhood, 107, 109...

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