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Being Muslim the Bosnian Way
Tone Bringa
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Description for Being Muslim the Bosnian Way
Paperback. Gives an 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 and Herzegovina, Bosnian Muslims are still members of a minority culture in the region that was once Yugoslavia. Series: Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 halftones, 2 maps, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; HBJD; JFF; JFSL1; JFSR2; JHM; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
"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 ... Read more
"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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Princeton Studies in Muslim Politics
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691001753
SKU
V9780691001753
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About Tone Bringa
Tone Bringa has a permanent lectureship in Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Norway.
Reviews for Being Muslim the Bosnian Way
One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Books of 1996 "At long last, there is a book which captures both the quiddity of Bosnian village life and the peculiar nature of Muslimhood in that part of Europe... [A] lucid and marvelously informative book."
The Times Literary Supplement
The Times Literary Supplement