Being Muslim the Bosnian Way by Tone Bringa

Illustrated with 13 black and white pohotographs.

A solidly grounded ethnography of a deeply troubled place, this work will shed considerable light on ethnic relations in the region, as well as on the complexity of the relationship between religion and other dimensions of social and cultural identity. It will attract readers of all backgrounds who want to learn more about one of the most intractable wars of the 20th century and the people who have been so tragically affected. This is a gripping and heartfelt account of a community that has been torn apart by ethnopolitical conflict. In so doing, she illuminates larger issues of what constitutes nationality. She pays particular attention to the roles that women play in defining Muslim identities, and she examines the importance of the household as a Muslim identity sphere. The question of ethno-national identity has become paramount in this society, and the author focuses on religion as the defining characteristic of identity. Although they represent a majority of the population in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Muslims are still members of a minority culture in the region that was once Yugoslavia. This is Tone Bringa's moving ethnographic account of Bosnian Muslims' lives in a rural village located near Sarajevo. They had either fled, been placed in detention camps, or been killed. In October 1993 none of the four hundred Muslims in the village remained. In 1990 they were full of optimism about the future but by January 1993 it was a village in fear surrounded by war on all sides and in April 1993 the village was attacked by Croat forces. In the late eighties people were working hard against economic crisis. The author followed a Bosnian community over a period of six years, during which it has undergone dramatic changes and events. Urn:oclc:441777671 Republisher_date 20171228095359 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 311 Scandate 20171227173152 Scanner Scanningcenter hongkong Top_six true Tts_version v1.Trade Paperback. Urn:lcp:beingmuslimbosni00brin:epub:300bd1d4-7d48-4246-b263-af367d3458c3 Extramarc Duke University Libraries Foldoutcount 0 Identifier beingmuslimbosni00brin Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t6zw5ff9j Invoice 1213 Isbn 9780691001753Ġ691001758 Lccn 95018059 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.16 Openlibrary OL785843M Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:20:13 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA1163303 City Princeton, NJ Donor

Being Muslim the Bosnian Way by Tone Bringa