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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kolind, Torsten, 1966-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muslims--Bosnia and Hercegovina--Stolac--Ethnic identity.

Muslims.

Muslims--Bosnia and Hercegovina--Stolac--Social conditions.

Group identity--Bosnia and Hercegovina--Stolac.

Group identity.

Return migration--Bosnia and Hercegovina--Stolac.

Return migration.

Reconciliation--Social aspects--Bosnia and Hercegovina--Stolac.

Reconciliation.

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

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995.

Stolac (Bosnia and Hercegovina)--Social conditions.

Stolac (Bosnia and Hercegovina).

Stolac (Bosnia and Hercegovina)--Ethnic relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Aarhus : Aarhus University Press ; Oakville, CT : International Distributor : David Brown Book Company, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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. However, as the war progressed, it increasingly came to consist of several minor wars, one of them fought in Western Bosnia Herzegovina between Croatian and Muslim forces. This was the one that affected the inhabitants of Stolac the most. Before the war ethnic identity in Bosnia Herzegovina was only o

Contents:

Front Matter; Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Part I. Framing the question; Prologue: Chronology of the war; Introduction; Chapter 1. Anthropological perspectives on war and war-related violence; Chapter 2. The unmaking of the world; Chapter 3. Remaking, identification, and counterdiscourse; Part II. Who are they, the ones who did this to us?; Introduction to Part II; Chapter 4. Yugoslav nationalism; Chapter 5. Politika; Chapter 6. Pošteni ljudi - decency rather than ethnicity; Chapter 7. Nekultura - culture rather than ethnicity

Chapter 8. Complexity in ethnic categorisation as part of the counterdiscourseSummary of Part II; Part III. Who are we, since this was done to us?; Introduction to Part III; Chapter 9. The rise of Muslim national identity in Bosnia Herzegovina; Chapter 10. Bosnian Muslim identity in everyday practice; Chapter 11. The national identity that failed; Chapter 12. Localistic identifications; Chapter 13. Ideal of tolerance and coexistence; Chapter 14. The Balkans - Europe; Chapter 15. The role of the victim; Summary of Part III; Conclusion; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes index and bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9788771246728

877124672X

9788779347601

8779347606

OCLC:

712995907