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Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope

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Description for Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope Paperback. An anthropological analysis of Sarajevo and its cultural complexities that examines contemporary issues of social divisiveness, pluralism, and intergroup dynamics in the context of national identity and state formation. Series: Interpretations of Culture in the New Millennium. Num Pages: 240 pages, 21 black & white photographs, 1 map, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.

This fascinating urban anthropological analysis of Sarajevo and its cultural complexities examines contemporary issues of social divisiveness, pluralism, and intergroup dynamics in the context of national identity and state formation. Rather than seeing Bosnia-Herzegovina as a volatile postsocialist society, the book presents its capital city as a vibrant yet wounded center of multicultural diversity, where citizens live in mutual recognition of difference while asserting a lifestyle that transcends boundaries of ethnicity and religion. It further illuminates how Sarajevans negotiate group identity in the tumultuous context of history, authoritarian rule, and interactions with the built environment and one another.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Series
Interpretations of Culture in the New Millennium
Condition
New
Weight
392g
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252077135
SKU
V9780252077135
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About Fran Markowitz
Fran Markowitz is a professor of cultural anthropology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel and the author of Coming of Age in Post-Soviet Russia and A Community in Spite of Itself: Soviet Jewish Émigrés in New York.

Reviews for Sarajevo: A Bosnian Kaleidoscope
"Markowitz dispels widely held myths that Sarajevo has become a purely Muslim city. . . . The author's many insights into Sarajevo and its kaleidoscope of inhabitants are welcome and valuable."Slavic Review "A warm and well-written portrait of Sarajevo during its first post-war decade."
Journal of the Royal Anthropological institute "Markowitz has succeeded in combining a solid work of scholarship with ... Read more

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