Narrating victimhood : gender, religion and the making of place in post-war Croatia /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Schäuble, Michaela, author.
Imprint:	New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (392 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Space and Place ; volume 11 Space and place ; v. 11.
Subject:	Group identity -- Croatia -- Sinj. Collective memory -- Croatia -- Sinj. Croats -- Croatia -- Sinj -- Ethnic identity. Collective memory. Croats -- Ethnic identity. Group identity. Social conditions Sinj -- Social conditions. Croatia -- Sinj.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12398230

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ISBN:	9781782382614 1782382615 9781782382607 1782382607
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Sch, Michaela. Narrating Victimhood. New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2014 9781782382614
Standard no.:	806488423351

Table of Contents:

Narrating Victimhood; Narrating Victimhood Gender, Religion and the Making of Place in Post-War Croatia; Contents; Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Text; Introduction; [Chapter 1] (In- )Subordination at the Margins of Europe; [Chapter 2] Marian Devotion in Times of War; [Chapter 3] Re-Visions of History through Landscape; [Chapter 4] Of War Heroes, Martyrs and Invalids; [Chapter 5] Mobilising Local Reserves; Concluding Remarks; Glossary and Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index.

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