White Enclosures

“To my knowledge, White Enclosures is the only study that systematically explores the history of racialization of Muslim and Roma communities in Eastern Europe. The Balkans thus emerge as a key site of the continued production of whiteness as a means of suppressing forms of solidarity that would threaten its continued dominance. This immensely important and insightful book is very much needed at exactly this point in time.” - Fatima El-Tayeb, author of European Others: Queering Ethnicity in Postnational Europe

“Piro Rexhepi is at the forefront of Balkan studies. In this brilliant book he presents an important, engaging, and exciting read that makes theoretical and empirical contributions to a range of fields and conversations.” - Paola Bacchetta, coeditor of Global Raciality: Empire, Postcoloniality, Decoloniality

"This book not only challenges Bosnian and Albanian dominant political discourses, which for decades have refused to acknowledge the unequal power dynamics between the Balkan periphery and the European centre. It also is a long overdue book. For it takes these Muslim-majority populations, despite their closeness to whiteness, as a starting point for imagining a different world in which internationalist solidarity among the oppressed is possible." - Adem Ferizaj, Left East

“Rexhepi’s provocative interventions in many aspects of the existing literature may well draw disagreement and provide inspiration to historians in equal measure, but his interpretation of the Balkans’ place in relation to topics of international concern in the humanities undoubtedly has the potential to move the scholarly discussion forward.” - Harun Buijina, CEU Review of Books

"Even the most knowledgeable scholars of European race relations ignore the history and current events in the Balkans. Piro Rexhepi’s book should be included in any advanced reading list on Muslims and Islam in Europe, as it fills this research gap. The book comprises five chapters that focus on various issues relating to the creation of race in the past and present, the boundaries of Whiteness, and how they connect to discourses that are well-known to be Islamophobic both locally and globally." - Linda Hyokki, Muslim World Book Review