Baština (Jan 2011)
Spheres of work and consumer culture as factors in the reconstruction of everyday life for women in northern Kosovo and Metohia
Abstract
Significance of daily life of women in the north of Kosovo and Metohia has been described and analyzed in this paper. Writing of this work was inspired by long-lasting neglection of this topic in academia. Daily life of residents in Kosovo and Metohia - which is considered as (post)conflict part of territory of Serbia, and Albanians together with most developed countries in the world describe it as developing country - is burdened with numerous problems. Basic determinant of life in the north of this province is uncertainty. Living in this context for eleven years, residents of that part of province had fundamentally changed their general and life priorities. We chose women and specifics of daily life because their opinion regarding social events in Kosovo and Metohia is neglected. Through observing we come to a conclusion that currently a reconstruction of once major traditional patriarchal values is taking place. This condition led to changes in importance of many roles and positions of women and men. Women (some for the first time) got chance to step out from their privacy, by entering into working environment. Some of them became economic pillars for their families. Most of them during their free time passively adopts media content served to audience, without putting an effort to enrich their own world. However, changes occur in context of daily contradictory media, political, ideological and financial manipulations that affect all ethnic communities in this province.
