Through the Window
Kinship and Elopement in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Published on 1. September 2014
176 pages
978-963-386-061-8 (ISBN)
Description
This book is not about war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, evil, or the killing of a society. It is about a cultural heritage, something vital to a society as a society, something that was not killed in the previous war, something that is resilient.
Through the Window brings an original perspective to folklore of Bosnians at a certain period of time and the differences and similarities of the three main ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It examines the transethnic character of cultural heritage, against divisions that dominate their tragic recent past.
The monograph focuses in particular on customs shared by different ethnic groups, specifically elopement, and affinal visitation. The elopement is a transformative rite of passage where an unmarried girl becomes a married woman. The affinal visitation, which follows, is a confirmatory ceremony where ritualized customs between families establish in-lawships These customs reflect a transethnic heritage shared by people in Bosnia as a national group, including Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats.
Through the Window brings an original perspective to folklore of Bosnians at a certain period of time and the differences and similarities of the three main ethnic groups in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It examines the transethnic character of cultural heritage, against divisions that dominate their tragic recent past.
The monograph focuses in particular on customs shared by different ethnic groups, specifically elopement, and affinal visitation. The elopement is a transformative rite of passage where an unmarried girl becomes a married woman. The affinal visitation, which follows, is a confirmatory ceremony where ritualized customs between families establish in-lawships These customs reflect a transethnic heritage shared by people in Bosnia as a national group, including Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Budapest
Hungary
Target group
College/higher education
File size
1,25 MB
ISBN-13
978-963-386-061-8 (9789633860618)
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03/2024
Central European University Press
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09/2014
Central European University Press
€116.50
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09/2014
Central European University Press
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Content
Preface
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 The Study of Elopement
Chapter 2 The Liminality of Elopement
Chapter 3 An Extraordinary Elopement
Chapter 4 Habitus in Bosnia
Chapter 5 Deciding in a Blink
Chapter 6 The Secret and Elopement
Chapter 7 Elopement and Ego-Identity
Chapter 8 The Risk of Foreclosure in the Arranged Marriage
Chapter 9 Family Folklore and Elopement
Chapter 10 Affinal Relations after Elopement
Chapter 11 Bosnia's Kin in Turkey
Chapter 12 Balkan Ethnology
Chapter 13 Bosnian Folk
Chapter 14 Ethnicity and Nationality
Chapter 15 Accounting for Bosnian Culture
Bibliography
Appendixes: Survey Report, Marco Index Bosnia Survey Question in English and Bosnian Qualitative Interview Protocol Consent Form in Bosnian
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 The Study of Elopement
Chapter 2 The Liminality of Elopement
Chapter 3 An Extraordinary Elopement
Chapter 4 Habitus in Bosnia
Chapter 5 Deciding in a Blink
Chapter 6 The Secret and Elopement
Chapter 7 Elopement and Ego-Identity
Chapter 8 The Risk of Foreclosure in the Arranged Marriage
Chapter 9 Family Folklore and Elopement
Chapter 10 Affinal Relations after Elopement
Chapter 11 Bosnia's Kin in Turkey
Chapter 12 Balkan Ethnology
Chapter 13 Bosnian Folk
Chapter 14 Ethnicity and Nationality
Chapter 15 Accounting for Bosnian Culture
Bibliography
Appendixes: Survey Report, Marco Index Bosnia Survey Question in English and Bosnian Qualitative Interview Protocol Consent Form in Bosnian
