How Generations Remember: Conflicting Histories and Shared Memories in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina
Monika Palmberger
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Hardback. Series: Global Diversities. Num Pages: 254 pages, 17 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJP; GTJ; HBAH; JHB; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 483.
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a profound insight into post-war Mostar, and the memories of three generations of this Bosnian-Herzegovinian city. Drawing on several years of ethnographic fieldwork, it offers a vivid account of how personal and collective memories are utterly intertwined, and how memories across the generations are reimagined and `rewritten' following great socio-political change. Focusing on both Bosniak-dominated East Mostar and Croat-dominated West Mostar, it demonstrates that, even in this ethno-nationally divided city with its two divergent national historiographies, generation-specific experiences are crucial in how people ... Read more
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book provides a profound insight into post-war Mostar, and the memories of three generations of this Bosnian-Herzegovinian city. Drawing on several years of ethnographic fieldwork, it offers a vivid account of how personal and collective memories are utterly intertwined, and how memories across the generations are reimagined and `rewritten' following great socio-political change. Focusing on both Bosniak-dominated East Mostar and Croat-dominated West Mostar, it demonstrates that, even in this ethno-nationally divided city with its two divergent national historiographies, generation-specific experiences are crucial in how people ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Global Diversities
Condition
New
Weight
483g
Number of Pages
254
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137450623
SKU
V9781137450623
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About Monika Palmberger
Monika Palmberger is a Hertha Firnberg Research Fellow at the University of Vienna, Austria, and Visiting Professor at the University of Leuven, Belgium.
Reviews for How Generations Remember: Conflicting Histories and Shared Memories in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina
Palmberger applies methodological creativity to capture people's narratives on contentious and sensitive topics, while striving to avoid exposure to bias ... The result is a robust example of a well-executed qualitative multimethod study. (Tamara Trost, Sudosteuropa, Vol. 67 (1), March, 2019)