The Forgotten Majority: On Civilians' War Experiences

The Forgotten Majority: On Civilians' War Experiences

Presenting ethnographic examples from the 1990’s wars in Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina, the author shows how violence intensifies the relationship between people and places, how ethnicity becomes irrelevant for the analysis of war-related identifications situated in physical places and relying on p...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ethnologie française 2008-03, Vol.38 (2), p.315
1. Verfasser: Povrzanovic Frykman, Maja
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
civilian's experiences
ethnography
violence
war
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Zusammenfassung:Presenting ethnographic examples from the 1990’s wars in Croatia and Bosnia-Hercegovina, the author shows how violence intensifies the relationship between people and places, how ethnicity becomes irrelevant for the analysis of war-related identifications situated in physical places and relying on practices, and how notions of normality, bravery and humiliation have been negotiated by the civilians in war.
ISSN:0046-2616
2101-0064
DOI:10.3917/ethn.082.0315