Being Muslim the Bosnian Way Identity and Community in a Central Bosnian Village

Name: Being Muslim the Bosnian Way Identity and Community in a Central Bosnian Village
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ISBN: 9780691001753

ISBN-10: 0691001758

ISBN-13: 9780691001753

Edition: 1996

Authors: Tone Bringa

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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…

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/19/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 312
Size: 5.79" wide x 10.08" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Foreword


Preface


A Note on Language and Pronunciation


Introduction



History, Identity, and the Yugoslav Dream



A Bosnian Village



Men, Women, and the House



Marriage and Marriage Procedures



Caring for the Living and the Souls of the Dead



Debating Islam and Muslim Identity


Notes


Glossary of Bosnian Terms


Bibliography


Index