Places of pain : forced displacement, popular memory and trans-local identities in Bosnian war-torn communities / Hariz Halilovich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halilovich, Hariz.

Series:

Space and Place

Space and place ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Refugees--Bosnia and Hercegovina.

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

Refugees--Bosnia and Hercegovina.

Refugees.

Forced migration--Bosnia and Hercegovina.

Forced migration.

Group identity--Bosnia and Hercegovina.

Group identity.

Collective memory--Bosnia and Hercegovina.

Collective memory.

Bosnia and Herzegovina--Ethnic relations.

Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For displaced persons, memory and identity is performed, (re)constructed and (re)negotiated daily. Forced displacement radically reshapes identity, with results ranging from successful hybridization to feelings of permanent misplacement. This compelling and intimate description of places of pain and (be)longing that were lost during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as of survivors' places of resettlement in Australia, Europe and North America, serves as a powerful illustration of the complex interplay between place, memory and identity. It is even more the case when those pl

Contents:

HALILOVICH_PRELIMS-Pii-xvi.pdf; HALILOVICH_INTRO-P001-020; HALILOVICH_CH01-P021-052; HALILOVICH_CH02-P053-078; HALILOVICH_CH03-P079-110; HALILOVICH_INTERLUDE-P111-117; HALILOVICH_CH04-P118-154; HALILOVICH_CH05-P155-200; HALILOVICH_CONCLUSION-P201-232; HALILOVICH_BIBLIO-P233-260; HALILOVICH_INDEX-P262

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-260) and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-402-X

1-78238-762-5

0-85745-777-2

OCLC:

855505437