A GLANCE INTO THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE ALBANIAN NATIONAL MINORITY IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA 1929-1941
A GLANCE INTO THE EVERYDAY LIFE OF THE ALBANIAN NATIONAL MINORITY IN KOSOVO AND METOHIJA 1929-1941

Author(s): Božica Slavković Mirić
Subject(s): Ethnohistory, Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: Albanians; Kosovo and Metohija; Kingdom of Yugoslavia; customs; tradition
Summary/Abstract: According to the 1921 and 1931 censuses, the Albanian national minority in Kosovo and Metohija made up the majority of the local population. The paper is an attempt to cast a look based on archival documents, the press, and literature into the everyday life of the Albanian national minority in Kosovo and Metohija between 1929 and 1941. The topic is very broad, so the paper will be just an attempt at a partial depiction of the subject. The everyday life of the Albanian national minority was marked by absolutely upheld traditional values, so modernization only made slow headway. The beginning of WWII cut short the efforts of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in that respect.

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