| Description |
1 online resource (392 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Space and Place ; volume 11
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Space and place ; v. 11.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Group identity -- Croatia -- Sinj.
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Group identity. |
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Croatia -- Sinj. |
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Collective memory -- Croatia -- Sinj.
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Collective memory. |
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Croats -- Croatia -- Sinj -- Ethnic identity.
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Croats. |
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Ethnicity. |
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Sinj -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sch, Michaela. Narrating Victimhood. New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2014 9781782382614 |
| ISBN |
9781782382614 (electronic book) |
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1782382615 (electronic book) |
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9781782382607 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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1782382607 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
806488423351 |
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