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Author_Tone Bringa
Balkans
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosniaks
Bosnian language
Bosnians
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Cemetery
Christianity
Croatia
Croatian language
Croats
Cyrillic script
Dowry
Elopement (marriage)
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Ethnography
Ethnoreligious group
Gender role
Grandparent
Headscarf
His Family
Household
Ideology
Informant
Islam
Islamic leadership
Latin script
Literature
Market town
Millet (Ottoman Empire)
Mosque
Muslim
Muslim world
National identity
Nationality
New Mosque (Istanbul)
Newspaper
Official language
Ottoman Empire
Politics
Prayer for the dead
Princeton University Press
Pronunciation
Quran
Ramadan
Religion
Religious community
Religious identity
Residence
Sarajevo
Serbian language
Serbo-Croatian
Serbs
Sharia
Sibling
Skirt
Slovenia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Sufism
Suggestion
Sunni Islam
Tawhid
The Other Hand
Tomb
Wedding
Women in Islam
World War II
Writing
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavs
Zadruga
Product details
- ISBN 9780691001753
- Weight: 425g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 19 Nov 1995
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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"I have been able to follow a Bosnian community over a period of six years, during which it has undergone dramatic changes. In the late 1980s people were working hard against economic crisis. In 1990 they were full of optimism for the future. In January 1993 the village was in fear, surrounded by war on all sides. In April 1993 it was attacked by Croat forces. In October 1993 none of the Muslims in the village remained. They had either fled, been placed in detention camps, or been killed." Thus begins Tone Bringa's moving ethnographic account of Bosnian Muslims' lives in a rural village located near Sarajevo. 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. The question of ethno- national identity has become paramount in this society, and the author focuses on religion as the defining characteristic of identity. Bringa 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.
In so doing, she illuminates larger issues of what constitutes "nationality." This is a gripping and heartfelt account of a community that has been torn apart by ethno-political conflict. It will attract readers of all backgrounds who want to learn more about one of the most intractable wars of the late twentieth century and the people who have been so tragically affected.
Tone Bringa has a permanent lectureship in Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Norway.
