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Volume 13, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 2040-6134
  • E-ISSN: 2040-6142

Abstract

Albania has been plagued for centuries by the act of taking blood as revenge for any perceived besmirching of honour. This practice of blood vengeance known as is a significant source of inspiration for creators of Albanian popular culture. Socialist popular culture intended to show this practice as evil while dissident and post-socialist creators have often taken a somewhat ambivalent stance. This article will survey, compare and contrast the depiction of blood vengeance in Albanian literature, specifically the novels of Ismail Kadare, and in Albanian cinema.

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