1 option

Unforgetting and the politics of representation : voices from contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina / Tatjana Takševa.

Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles Available online

Ebook Central Perpetual, DDA and Subscription Titles
Format:
Author/Creator:
Contributor:
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 210 pages)
Other Title:
Voices from contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2025.
Biography/History:
Tatjana Takaeva is Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Chair of the Department of English Language and Literature at Saint Mary's University, Canada. Born and raised in the former Yugoslavia, she holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto (2003), and is the author of numerous essays on feminist theory, nation building and the maternal, and co-editor of Mothering Under Fire: Mothers and Mothering in Conflict Zones (2015) and Motherhood and Migration (forthcoming, 2026).
Contents:
  • Introduction: Pathways to Bosnia
  • Why stories matter
  • Ecologies of Peace
  • Bosnia Beyond Balkanism
  • Sarajevo the Beautiful
  • Growing up under siege
  • Unforgetting the children born because of war
  • What does it mean to be a child born because of war?
  • The space of dialogue : women who lived through violence
  • The vulnerable and the brave, in their own words
  • Esma D., a Bosnian woman fighter
  • The logic of home : transnational fieldnotes on peace.
Notes:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
  • Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 13, 2024).
Other Format:
Print version: Takševa, Tatjana, 1970- Unforgetting and the politics of representation
ISBN:
  • 9781003186168
  • 1003186165
  • 9781040229248
  • 1040229247
  • 9781040229279
  • 1040229271
Publisher Number:
40032521523
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.