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Albanophobia is a term associated with stereotyped views on Albanian immigrants and Albanian people as criminal and degenerate^[1]. It is more widely present in countries having ethnic disputes with Albanian minorities like Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, and in countries with a more present Albanian emigration like Greece^[2] and Italy^[3].

A similar term used with the same denotation is anti-albanianism^[4] used in many sources similarly with albanophobia, although its similarities and/or differences are not defined.

[edit] Origins and forms

Albanophobia as a term was coined by Anna Triandafyllidou on a report analysis called Racism and Cultural Diverstiy In the Mass Media published in 2002^[1]. The report by Triandafyllidou represented Albanian migrants in Greece^[5] and was followed by other researchers like Karyotis in Greece and Mai in Italy. The form Albano-phobia (dashed) is used on some references (including Traindafullidou), apparently with the same meaning.

The origins of anti-Albanian propaganda in Serbia started by the end of 1800's and the reason for this was the claims made by Serbian state on territories that were about to be controlled by Albanians after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire^[6].

"[Albanians are] prehumans, who slept in trees, to which they were fastened by their tails^[6]." —Dr. Vladan Đorđević

Albanian stereotypes that formed amid the creation of an independent Albanian country and stereotypes that formed during 80s, 90s massive immigrations from Albania and Kosovo, though may differ, are still both considered Albanophobic and anti-Albanian by many authors such as Triandafyllidou, Banac, Karyotis.

Albanophobia signifies a wider range of concepts that could be roughly grouped in two main categories:

Albanophobia as xenophobic - referring to stereotypes in countries with a big number of Albanian immigrants like Greece, Italy, Switzerland and France.
Albanophobia as nationalistic - referring to stereotypes in countries with active disputes with Albanian ethnicity in the region, most commonly ex-Yugoslav countries (Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro). The second is more likely to be associated with the term anti-albanianism.

[edit] Serbia and Macedonia

Ethnic disputes between Albanians and Serbs are sometimes referred to as phobic. During the end of eighties and in the beginning of nineties, in some occasions activities undertaken by Serbian officials in Kosovo have been marked as albanophobic^[7]. The dissolution of Kosovo's constitution in 1989 is on instance of Albanophobia^[8].

[edit] Greece and Italy

The Albanian stereotype as criminal and degenerate in Greece and Italy has been subject of study by some institutes and organizations. It is considered to be still present in both Greece and Italy, while at a more pale scale on the former^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b By Russell King, Nicola Mai, Out of Albania: from crisis migration to social inclusion in Italy, pp 114
^ Georgios Karyotis, Irregular Migration in Greece, pp. 9
^ By Russell King, Nicola Mai, Out of Albania: from crisis migration to social inclusion in Italy, pp 21
^ By Michael Mandelbaum, The new European diasporas: national minorities and conflict in Eastern Europe, 234
^ By Anna Triandafyllidou, Racism and Cultural Diverstiy In the Mass Media, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, pp. 149
^ ^a ^b By Ivo Banač, The national question in Yugoslavia - origins, history, politics, page 293
^ By Nebojša Popov, Drinka Gojković, The road to war in Serbia: trauma and catharsis, pp. 222
^ By Howard Clark, Civil resistance in Kosovo, pp. 14

[edit] External links

[books.google.com-0] By Russell King, Nicola Mai, Out of Albania: from crisis migration to social inclusion in Italy, pp 114

[1] Georgios Karyotis, Irregular Migration in Greece, pp. 9

[2] By Russell King, Nicola Mai, Out of Albania: from crisis migration to social inclusion in Italy, pp 21

[3] By Michael Mandelbaum, The new European diasporas: national minorities and conflict in Eastern Europe, 234

[4] By Anna Triandafyllidou, Racism and Cultural Diverstiy In the Mass Media, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, pp. 149

[Banac-5] By Ivo Banač, The national question in Yugoslavia - origins, history, politics, page 293

[6] By Nebojša Popov, Drinka Gojković, The road to war in Serbia: trauma and catharsis, pp. 222

[7] By Howard Clark, Civil resistance in Kosovo, pp. 14

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