Citizens of an Empty Nation : Youth and State-Making in Postwar Bosnia-Herzegovina / Azra Hromadžić.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hromadžić, Azra, Author.

Series:

Ethnography of political violence.

The Ethnography of Political Violence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nation-building--Bosnia and Herzegovina--Mostar--21st century.

Nation-building.

Ethnicity--Political aspects--Bosnia and Herzegovina--Mostar.

Ethnicity.

Youth--Bosnia and Herzegovina--Mostar--Attitudes.

Youth.

High school students--Bosnia and Herzegovina--Mostar--Social conditions--Case studies.

High school students.

School integration--Political aspects--Bosnia and Herzegovina--Mostar--Case studies.

School integration.

Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)--Ethnic relations.

Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the wake of devastating conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the polarizing effects of everyday ethnic divisions, combined with hardened allegiances to ethnic nationalism and the rigid arrangements imposed in international peace-building agreements, have produced what Azra Hromadžić calls an "empty nation." Hromadžić explores the void created by unresolved tensions between mandated reunification initiatives and the segregation institutionalized by power-sharing democracy, and how these conditions are experienced by youths who have come of age in postconflict Bosnia-Herzegovina.Building on long-term ethnographic research at the first integrated school of Bosnia-Herzegovina, Citizens of an Empty Nation offers a ground-level view of how the processes of reunification play out at the Mostar Gymnasium. Hromadžić details the local effects of the tensions and contradictions inherent in the processes of postwar state-making, shedding light on the larger projects of humanitarian intervention, social cohesion, cross-ethnic negotiations, and citizenship. In this careful ethnography, the Mostar Gymnasium becomes a powerful symbol for the state's simultaneous segregation and integration as the school's shared halls, bathrooms, and computer labs foster dynamic spaces for a rich cross-ethnic citizenship—or else remain empty.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1. Right to Difference

2. Cartography of Peace-Building

3. Bathroom Mixing

4. Poetics of Nationhood

5. Invisible Citizens

6. Anti-Citizens

Conclusion

Epilogue. Empty Nation, Empty Bellies

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Based on the author's 2009 dissertation titled Empty nation : youth, education, and democratization in post-conflict Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jun 2020)

OCLC:

906874410