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Record Nr.

UNINA9910479944303321

Autore

Halilovich Hariz

Titolo

Places of pain [[electronic resource] ] : forced displacement, popular memory and trans-local identities in Bosnian war-torn communities / / Hariz Halilovich

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Berghahn Books, 2013

ISBN

1-78238-762-5

0-85745-777-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Space and Place

Space and place ; ; v. 10

Disciplina

949.703

Soggetti

Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 - Refugees - Bosnia and Hercegovina

Refugees - Bosnia and Hercegovina

Forced migration - Bosnia and Hercegovina

Group identity - Bosnia and Hercegovina

Collective memory - Bosnia and Hercegovina

Electronic books.

Bosnia and Hercegovina Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-260) and index.

Nota di contenuto

HALILOVICH_PRELIMS-Pii-xvi.pdf; HALILOVICH_INTRO-P001-020; HALILOVICH_CH01-P021-052; HALILOVICH_CH02-P053-078; HALILOVICH_CH03-P079-110; HALILOVICH_INTERLUDE-P111-117; HALILOVICH_CH04-P118-154; HALILOVICH_CH05-P155-200; HALILOVICH_CONCLUSION-P201-232; HALILOVICH_BIBLIO-P233-260; HALILOVICH_INDEX-P262

Sommario/riassunto

For displaced persons, memory and identity is performed, (re)constructed and (re)negotiated daily. Forced displacement radically reshapes identity, with results ranging from successful hybridization to feelings of permanent misplacement. This compelling and intimate description of places of pain and (be)longing that were lost during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as of survivors' places of resettlement in Australia, Europe and North America, serves as a



powerful illustration of the complex interplay between place, memory and identity. It is even more the case when those pl