Encounters with Civilizations is a broad-ranging work, uniting sweeping themes such as history, culture, the media, social issues, and politics

Alpion Gezim

Part One Albania Chapter 1 An interview with the ghost of Mohammed Ali, former ruler of Egypt Chapter 2 Kosova - a corner of Europe still waiting for peace Part Two Egypt Chapter 3 Foreigner complex Chapter 4 Egyptian coffee shops Chapter 5 The Bride of Hapi - female sacrifice and cosmic order Chapter 6 A parade of porters Part Three The United Kingdom Chapter 7 If Only the Dead Could Listen (Scene Four) Chapter 8 Images of Albania and Albanians in English literature - from Edith Durham's High Albania to J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter Chapter 9 Western media and the European 'other' - images of Albania in the British press Part Four India Chapter 10 Oh! not Calcutta Chapter 11 Media and celebrity culture - subjectivist, structuralist and post-structuralist approaches to Mother Teresa's celebrity status Chapter 12 A review of Hiromi J. Kudo's book Mother Teresa: A Saint from Skopje Chapter 13 A note on Gëzim Alpion's book Mother Teresa: Saint or Celebrity? By Gaston Roberge Chapter 14 Mother Teresa, abortion and the media, By Gaston Roberge Part Five Envoi: 'No' to social closure Chapter 15 Brain down the drain - an exposé of social closure in Western academia Notes Select bibliography Index