Surviving the Bosnian genocide : the women of Srebrenica speak /

Surviving the Bosnian genocide : the women of Srebrenica speak /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Leydesdorff, Selma.
Uniform title:	Leegte achter ons laten. English
Imprint:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 242 pages) : maps
Language:	English
Subject:	Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Atrocities -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Srebrenica -- Personal narratives. War widows -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Srebrenica. Atrocities. War widows. Bosnia and Herzegovina -- Srebrenica. Personal narratives. Personal narratives.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11278885

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ISBN:	9780253005298 0253005299 9780253356697 0253356695 0253018048 9780253018045
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	"Originally published as Selma Leydesdorff, De leegte achter ons laten : Een geschiedenis van de vrouwen van Srebrenica (Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2008)"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references and index. Translated from the Dutch. Print version record.
Summary:	In July 1995, the Army of the Serbian Republic killed some 8,000 Bosnian men and boys in and around the town of Srebrenica -- the largest mass murder in Europe since World War II. Surviving the Bosnian Genocide is based on the testimonies of 60 female survivors of the massacre who were interviewed by Dutch historian Selma Leydesdorff. The women, many of whom still live in refugee camps, talk about their lives before the Bosnian war, the events of the massacre, and the ways they have tried to cope with their fate. Drawing on their memories, though fragmented by trauma, the women tell of life and survival under extreme conditions, while recalling a time before the war when Muslims, Croats, and Serbs lived together peaceably. By giving them a voice, this book looks beyond the rapes, murders, and atrocities of that dark time to show the agency of these women during and after the war and their fight to uncover the truth of what happened at Srebrenica and why.
Other form:	Print version: Leydesdorff, Selma. Leegte achter ons laten. English. Surviving the Bosnian genocide. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2011 9780253356697
Standard no.:	40019886968

Table of Contents:

Cover; Contents; Translator's Note; Preface: What Happened Before; Acknowledgments; On the Publication of the English Edition; Abbreviations; Sabaheta's Story; ONE Farewell: The Desolation, the Women; TWO An Orphaned World: Life before the War; THREE War Is Coming; FOUR Living on the Run, Living in Danger; FIVE A Human Shooting Gallery: Srebrenica 1992-1995; SIX Violence; SEVEN Departure without Arrival; Notes; Index.