Post-war identification : everyday Muslim counterdiscourse in Bosnia Herzegovina /

Stolac, the town of departure for this book and the site where the author conducted fieldwork, is located in the south-western corner of Bosnia Herzegovina. The war in Bosnia Herzegovina (1992-95) was initially an act of aggression and territorial conquest instigated by Serbian political leaders. Ho...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kolind, Torsten, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Aarhus : Oakville, CT : Aarhus University Press ; International Distributor : David Brown Book Co., 2008.
Subjects:
1991-1995
Muslims > Bosnia and Herzegovina > Stolac > Ethnic identity.
Muslims > Bosnia and Herzegovina > Stolac > Social conditions.
Group identity > Bosnia and Herzegovina > Stolac.
Return migration > Bosnia and Herzegovina > Stolac.
Reconciliation > Social aspects > Bosnia and Herzegovina > Stolac.
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Refugees > Bosnia and Herzegovina > Stolac.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > Modern > 21st Century.
Ethnic relations
Group identity
Muslims > Ethnic identity
Muslims > Social conditions
Refugees
Return migration
Social conditions
Muslim.
Nachkriegszeit.
Ethnizität.
Soziale Situation.
Gruppenidentität.
musulman > Bosnie-Herzégovine.
Muslimer > vardagsliv och traditioner > Bosnien och Hercegovina.
Etnicitet > Bosnien och Hercegovina.
Nationell identitet > Bosnien och Hercegovina.
Stolac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) > Social conditions.
Stolac (Bosnia and Herzegovina) > Ethnic relations.
Bosnia and Herzegovina > Stolac
Bosnien.
Bosnia Herzegovina > Ethnography > Nationalism
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part I: Framing the question. Prologue: Chronology of the war ; Introduction ; Anthropological perspectives on war and war-related violence ; The unmaking of the world ; Remaking, identification, and counterdiscourse
  • Part II: Who are they, the ones who did this to us? Yugoslav nationalism ; Politika ; Pošteni ljudi
  • decency rather than ethnicity ; Nekultura
  • culture rather than ethnicity ; Complexity in ethnic categorisation as part of the counterdiscourse
  • Part III: Who are we, since this was done to us? The rise of Muslim national identity in Bosnia Herzegovina ; Bosnian Muslim identity in everyday practice ; The national identity that failed ; Localistic identification ; Ideal of tolerance and coexistence ; The Balkans
  • Europe ; The role of the victim.

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