Narrating victimhood gender, religion and the making of place in post-war Croatia
Mythologies and narratives of victimization pervade contemporary Croatia, set against the backdrop of militarized notions of masculinity and the political mobilization of religion and nationhood. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in rural Dalmatia in the Croatian-Bosnian border region, this...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York ; Oxford, England :
Berghahn Books
2014.
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| Colección: | Space and place ;
Volume 11. |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798207106719 |
| Sumario: | Mythologies and narratives of victimization pervade contemporary Croatia, set against the backdrop of militarized notions of masculinity and the political mobilization of religion and nationhood. Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork in rural Dalmatia in the Croatian-Bosnian border region, this book provides a unique account of the politics of ambiguous Europeanness from the perspective of those living at Europe's margins. Examining phenomena such as Marian apparitions, a historic knights tournament, the symbolic re-signification of a massacre site, and the desolate social situation of |
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| Notas: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (392 p.) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781782382614 |
