Extreme Case of Crisis: Definitions of War Violence in Narratives of Survivors from the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Goran Basic

Extreme Case of Crisis: Definitions of War Violence in Narratives of Survivors from the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Goran Basic

Sociologi

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Polazna točka ovog članka je rat koji je održan u sjeverozapadnoj Bosni i Hercegovini te posebno interpersonalna interpretacija nasilja i biografski utjecaj ratnog nasilja. Srpski vojnici i policajci ciljano su vršili nasilje nad civilnoim stanovništvom u sjeverozapadnoj Bosni. U svojoj namjeri da se Bošnjaci i Hrvati istjeraju s tog područja, srpski vojnici i policajci koristili su masovne egzekucije, tjeranje na bijeg, sustavno silovanje i koncentracione logore. Cilj ovog članka je analizirati kako preživjeli opisuju ratna nasilja te diskurzivne obrasce koji se pojavljuju u konstrukciji kategorije “ratnog nasilja.” Moja pitanja su kako slijedi: Kako ispitanici opisuju ratna nasilja? Koje kategorije nasilja su istaknute u pričama? Kako preživjeli opisuju seksualno nasilje i oblike seksualnog zlostavljanja tijekom rata? U ovoj studiji, želim dotaći fenomen “ratnog nasilja” kroz analizu priča ispitanika, odnosno njihove opise te odnose među njima. Ova analiza će pokazati da je interpretacija biografskih posljedica ratnog nasilja blisko povezana s osobnim ratnim iskustvima ispitanika. U nastavku ću pokušati istaći kako stvaranje koncepta
“ratnog nasilja” postaje vidljivo kad sugovornici u empirijskom materijalu govore o (1) novom društvenom poretku, (2) ljudskoj patnji, (3 ) seksualnom nasilju i (4) ubijanju ljudi.

Originalspråk	engelska
Titel på värdpublikation	[Host publication title missing]
Redaktörer	Ivan Nađ
Förlag	Veleučilište Velika Gorica
Sidor	499-510
Antal sidor	11
ISBN (tryckt)	978-953-7716-66-0
Status	Published - 2015
Evenemang	8th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE. CRISIS MANAGEMENT DAYS - Velika Gorica, Kroatien Varaktighet: 2015 maj 14 → 2015 maj 15

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Konferens	8th INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE. CRISIS MANAGEMENT DAYS
Land/Territorium	Kroatien
Ort	Velika Gorica
Period	2015/05/14 → 2015/05/15

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Extreme Case of Crisis: Definitions of War Violence in Narratives of Survivors from the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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