Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 224 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 346 g
The Lives of Croatian Refugees in Their New Home
Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 224 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 346 g
Reihe: European Anthropology in Translation
ISBN: 978-0-85745-149-1
Verlag: Berghahn Books
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Maps
Acknowledgements
Maps
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Ethnology of Individuals
The individual and her/his culture
The relational notion of identity
Case study: the Srijem Croats
Polyphony, hybridity, levels of reading: methodological-epistemological remarks
The Srijem case as an instance of coethnic migrations
Chapter 2. Srijem Croats Talk about Themselves
Exchanges
One's own and other people's nostalgia
Chapter 3. Identity Building in the Local Environment
"If they are doing well, we are doing well too": resignation
"We will never get over it": the Srijem sorrow
"There's no going back, you have to go forward": integration
Ethnocentrism of the newcomers
Chapter 4. The Older Generation and the Migration
Before the migration: "There was money! What a life! Real life!"
Reasons for leaving Srijem and making the decision to move
The resettlement: the grandfathers deciding
In the new surroundings
From domination to dependence
Chapter 5. Constructing Difference, Identifying the Self
Attribution of difference and symbolism of collective identity
"Good" and "bad" Croats or how to measure Croatian-ness
About the same thing from the other side: statements by the local population in Gradina
Chapter 6. Between Individual and Collective Integration into Croatian Society
At the outset: categorizing the settlers
Activities of the migrant association
The leaders' dilemma: equal citizens or a "sect of Srijem Croats"
Chapter 7. Community, Identification, Interaction
Antagonism between "the established" and "the outsiders"
The local population's perspective
The stereotyped rhetoric of difference
Stereotyping and individualization
The ease of person-to-person interaction
Conclusions
Epilogue: Ethnologist and Her/His Public
To take the standpoint of the researched or not?
Reactions to the restitution of the research
Further unwanted consequences of restitution
How to protect the researched In the end: the distinct position of an ethnologist at home
Bibliography
Index