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OverviewMythologies 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 Croatian war veterans, Narrating Victimhood traces the complex mechanisms of political radicalization in a post-war scenario. This book provides a new perspective for understanding the ongoing processes of transformation in Southeastern Europe and the Balkans. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michaela SchaublePublisher: Berghahn Books Imprint: Berghahn Books Volume: 11 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.694kg ISBN: 9781782382607ISBN 10: 1782382607 Pages: 392 Publication Date: 01 April 2014 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsList of 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 Bibliography IndexReviews[This book] is scholarly, very well researched, and contains some fascinating original ethnographic material that is handled with imagination and sensitivity. * Frances Pine, Goldsmiths, University of London This is a truly excellent study. From the first to the last page, I was impressed by its thoughtfulness, level of scholarship, and ethnographic thoroughness - She succeeds in making this unstudied place come alive in her ethnography while simultaneously making her rich ethnographic detail serve as a lever for a highly sophisticated analysis of a cluster of issues that are both of contemporary political relevance and of theoretical significance. * Marko Zivkovic, University of Alberta Author InformationMichaela Schauble is Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology at the University of Berne (Switzerland). Previously she was a Lecturer in Social and Visual Anthropology at the University of Manchester and has held postdoctoral fellowships at the Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University and the Institute of Advanced Studies at Bologna University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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