DOCSLIB.ORG

THE RAPE of the BALKAN WOMEN an Argument for the Full

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
THE RAPE of the BALKAN WOMEN an Argument for the Full THE RAPE OF THE BALKAN WOMEN An Argument for the Full Recognition of Warüme Rape as a War Crime by SARBJEET KAUR SARAI A thesis submitted to the Department of Political Studies in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts Queen's University Kingston. Ontario, Canada October 1999 copyright O Sarbjeet Kaur Sarai, 1999 National übrary Bibliothèque nabonale du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions et Bibliographie Services services bibliographiques 395 WelIington Street 395. rue Wellington OttawaON KlAW O(rawaON KlAW canada canada The author has granted a non- L'auteur a accorde une licence non exclusive licence aliowing the exclusive permettant à la National Library of Canada to Bibliothèque nationale du Canada de reproduce, loan, distn'bute or seil reproduire, prêter, distribuer ou copies of this thesis in microform, vendre des copies de cette thèse sous paper or electronic formats. la forme de microfiche/film, de reproduction sur papier ou sur format électronique. The author retauis ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriété du copyright in this thesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protège cette thèse. thesis nor substantial extracts fiom it Ni la thèse ni des extraits substantiels may be printed or otheMrise de celle-ci ne doivent être imprimés reproduced without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. autorisation, Abstract This thesis examines the practice of rape as it is carried out during wartime. It begins with an examination of feminist theory in international relations and its contn'bution to the delineation of rape in war. Feminists have lobbied to bring focus to serious issues concerning women but their efforts have only been hampered by the domination of the masculine perspective within the field. To this point, one major emphasis has been on rape in the domestic context with some work done on rape in war. This thesis discusses the differences between rape in war and peace. One case study is used to analyze the context of rape in war. With a focus on the civil war in the former Yugoslavia, and an illustration of how rape was used as a community-desîroying strategy against Muslirns and Croatians, one of the key conclusions is that rape in war and forced irnpregnation constitute war crimes. This recognition cm most readily be achieved by the addition of rape to the current war crimes designation. In order to ensure that such a recognition takes place, the thesis proposes that the establishment of a permanent International Criminal Court will be instrumental. The creation of this Court will minimize many of the complexities and difficulties inherent in past and present ad hoc tribunals. Acknowledgments 1 am tint of all most grateful to my GUIU,Guru Granth Sahib, and God for leadllig me on this path and for blessing me with this great project. As weü, to my spiritual teacher, S.S.S. Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogi Ji who blessed me and guideci me in the focus and structure of this thesis. 1 am especially indebted to Professor Phil Goldman who committed himself to reading the thesis nurnerous times to ensure that rny position was clear and rehed. Thank you for your guidance and supervision. Without your time and dedication to this thesis, encouragement and confidence for my ideas, I would have been lost This thesis certainly would not have turned out the way it did without your extensive howIedge in the subject. I have learned a great deal from your valuable suggestions and unique perspectives on the various aspects of rape in war, and for that 1wiil dways be grateful to you. 1 also owe gratitude to the Department of Political Studies - the professors, my colleagues and fiiends, and administrative staff; your support and advice throughout the year made rny theat Queen's a most mernorable one, 1am indeed honoured to have been given the opportunity to attend such a disthguished university, and to have worked and learned in a great environment with every one of you. 1 must acknowledge Margaret Little for her excellent course on Feminist Theory without which Chapter Two would not have been possible. As weil, 1 am thankful to Abigail Bakan for her course on Women and International Politicai Economy. To the Thesis Proposal and Defence Cornmittees: Thank you for your suggestions and insight which contrïbuted to a complete thesis. 1 owe immense gratitude to my family (my parents, brother and sister) and fkiends who have displayed a great deal of patience and support while 1have set myself to accomplish yet another goal in my life. F ind1 y, to my beloved Randeep, without whose love, support, and encouragement 1 would not be where 1 am today. 1wili be forever indebted to you my dear. Dedication This thesis Ls dedicated tu every wumm who har suffered as a victim of warlime orpeaceîime rope. To those women who have been raped in war and have lost their lives while providing smaZ services to men, and to those who survived with dreadj'ül mernories, but would live to fight for jjuîce for their sisters. 1hope that one &y you will receive justice. which you so ~ghtlydeserve- Table of Contents Chapter 1 ........................... ... ..................................................... 1 Introduction ...................... ................................................... 1 Chapter II = Feminist Thought and International Relations ....................... 7 Introduction ...................................................................... 7 From the Perspective of International Relations ................................ 9 Susan Brownmiller's Analysis ................................................... 17 Cynthia Enioe's Analysis ............... ., .......................................... 21 Conclusion ..................... ,. .................................................24 Chapter III .Rapes in the Former Yugoslavia: The Unthinkabk and Unspeakabk .................................... 26 introduction ..................................... ., ...26 Definitions ........................................................................... 27 Rape as a Policy of War and as a War Crime ................................... 31 The War Against the Balkan Women ............................................. 33 Conclusion .......................................................................... 49 Chapter IV .Rape as it Oecun in War and Peace Is there a Dierence? ..................................................... 52 Introduction .......................................................................... 52 Definition of Rape ................................................................... 54 Nordstrom's Argument ............................................................. 56 MacKinnon 's Argument .....................O..-............ ... .................... 59 Analysis .............................................................................. 61 Conclusion ......................................................................... 68 Cbapter V .A Permanent International Criminal Court .......................... 70 Introduction .......................................................................... 70 What is Preventative Justice? .................... ,., .................... 72 The Nuremberg Trials ........................... ,. ......................... 75 The Intemationai Military Tribunal for the Far East ........................... 79 The Yugoslavia War Crimes Tribunal ..................... ..... ............ 85 The International Criminai Tribunal for Rwanda ............................... 91 A Solution? ........................................................................... 97 Conclusion .............................,., ...................-.................... 105 Chapter VI .................................................................................... 106 Conclusion .Mistakes of the Pwt and a Hope for the Future ............................................... 106 Appenüix 1 ........................... ... ................................................. Appendi 2 ....................., ....... .. ........*.*.....*.................*..*......... Appendix 3 ................................................................................... Bibliography ........................... ..... ............................................. Vita ............................................................................................. 129 List of Tables Table 1 - Dernographie Shifts in the District of Rijecior .. ... ... ... .. .. ... ... ... ..... 43 Chapter 1 Introduction Many ofus, rabed ih the traditions of Geneva Conventions and close ro the Mvidness of Nori homors,foud it had to believe thforces Europe haà catout 50 years earfierwere once again ascendant.' The intent of this thesis is to examine sexual violence against women during wartime, focusing on the violence that erupted in the former Yugoslavia in 199 1. in particular, 1 will study the Serb govemment's armed aggression against the Muslh and Croat populations that took the form of "ethnic cleansing." 1 will examine the context of the policy that was leveled against these groups, the manner in which it was carried out, and the role of the international community in preventing such abhorrent massacres fiom occurring and in bringing those responsibie to a war crimes tribunal. It will be argued in this thesis that the act of rape and forced irnpregnation cornmitted during war, whether against one womadman or in a systematic fonn against thousands of womedmen must be identified as violations of fûndamental human rights
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Impact of the Illyrian Movement on the Croatian Lexicon
    Slavistische Beiträge ∙ Band 223 (eBook - Digi20-Retro) George Thomas The Impact of the Illyrian Movement on the Croatian Lexicon Verlag Otto Sagner München ∙ Berlin ∙ Washington D.C. Digitalisiert im Rahmen der Kooperation mit dem DFG-Projekt „Digi20“ der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek, München. OCR-Bearbeitung und Erstellung des eBooks durch den Verlag Otto Sagner: http://verlag.kubon-sagner.de © bei Verlag Otto Sagner. Eine Verwertung oder Weitergabe der Texte und Abbildungen, insbesondere durch Vervielfältigung, ist ohne vorherige schriftliche Genehmigung des Verlages unzulässig. «Verlag Otto Sagner» ist ein Imprint der Kubon & Sagner GmbH. George Thomas - 9783954792177 Downloaded from PubFactory at 01/10/2019 04:08:27AM via free access 00050383 S lavistische B e it r ä g e BEGRÜNDET VON ALOIS SCHMAUS HERAUSGEGEBEN VON HEINRICH KUNSTMANN PETER REHDER • JOSEF SCHRENK REDAKTION PETER REHDER Band 223 VERLAG OTTO SAGNER MÜNCHEN George Thomas - 9783954792177 Downloaded from PubFactory at 01/10/2019 04:08:27AM via free access 00050383 GEORGE THOMAS THE IMPACT OF THEJLLYRIAN MOVEMENT ON THE CROATIAN LEXICON VERLAG OTTO SAGNER • MÜNCHEN 1988 George Thomas - 9783954792177 Downloaded from PubFactory at 01/10/2019 04:08:27AM via free access ( B*y«ftecne I Staatsbibliothek l Mönchen ISBN 3-87690-392-0 © Verlag Otto Sagner, München 1988 Abteilung der Firma Kubon & Sagner, GeorgeMünchen Thomas - 9783954792177 Downloaded from PubFactory at 01/10/2019 04:08:27AM via free access 00050383 FOR MARGARET George Thomas - 9783954792177 Downloaded from PubFactory at 01/10/2019 04:08:27AM via free access .11 ж ־ י* rs*!! № ri. ur George Thomas - 9783954792177 Downloaded from PubFactory at 01/10/2019 04:08:27AM via free access 00050383 Preface My original intention was to write a book on caiques in Serbo-Croatian.
    [Show full text]
  • UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo Order Online
    UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo Order online Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Glossary 1. Executive Summary The 1999 Offensive The Chain of Command The War Crimes Tribunal Abuses by the KLA Role of the International Community 2. Background Introduction Brief History of the Kosovo Conflict Kosovo in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Kosovo in the 1990s The 1998 Armed Conflict Conclusion 3. Forces of the Conflict Forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslav Army Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs Paramilitaries Chain of Command and Superior Responsibility Stucture and Strategy of the KLA Appendix: Post-War Promotions of Serbian Police and Yugoslav Army Members 4. march–june 1999: An Overview The Geography of Abuses The Killings Death Toll,the Missing and Body Removal Targeted Killings Rape and Sexual Assault Forced Expulsions Arbitrary Arrests and Detentions Destruction of Civilian Property and Mosques Contamination of Water Wells Robbery and Extortion Detentions and Compulsory Labor 1 Human Shields Landmines 5. Drenica Region Izbica Rezala Poklek Staro Cikatovo The April 30 Offensive Vrbovac Stutica Baks The Cirez Mosque The Shavarina Mine Detention and Interrogation in Glogovac Detention and Compusory Labor Glogovac Town Killing of Civilians Detention and Abuse Forced Expulsion 6. Djakovica Municipality Djakovica City Phase One—March 24 to April 2 Phase Two—March 7 to March 13 The Withdrawal Meja Motives: Five Policeman Killed Perpetrators Korenica 7. Istok Municipality Dubrava Prison The Prison The NATO Bombing The Massacre The Exhumations Perpetrators 8. Lipljan Municipality Slovinje Perpetrators 9. Orahovac Municipality Pusto Selo 10. Pec Municipality Pec City The “Cleansing” Looting and Burning A Final Killing Rape Cuska Background The Killings The Attacks in Pavljan and Zahac The Perpetrators Ljubenic 11.
    [Show full text]
  • Memorial of the Republic of Croatia
    INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE CASE CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE (CROATIA v. YUGOSLAVIA) MEMORIAL OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA APPENDICES VOLUME 5 1 MARCH 2001 II III Contents Page Appendix 1 Chronology of Events, 1980-2000 1 Appendix 2 Video Tape Transcript 37 Appendix 3 Hate Speech: The Stimulation of Serbian Discontent and Eventual Incitement to Commit Genocide 45 Appendix 4 Testimonies of the Actors (Books and Memoirs) 73 4.1 Veljko Kadijević: “As I see the disintegration – An Army without a State” 4.2 Stipe Mesić: “How Yugoslavia was Brought Down” 4.3 Borisav Jović: “Last Days of the SFRY (Excerpts from a Diary)” Appendix 5a Serb Paramilitary Groups Active in Croatia (1991-95) 119 5b The “21st Volunteer Commando Task Force” of the “RSK Army” 129 Appendix 6 Prison Camps 141 Appendix 7 Damage to Cultural Monuments on Croatian Territory 163 Appendix 8 Personal Continuity, 1991-2001 363 IV APPENDIX 1 CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS1 ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THE CHRONOLOGY BH Bosnia and Herzegovina CSCE Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe CK SKJ Centralni komitet Saveza komunista Jugoslavije (Central Committee of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia) EC European Community EU European Union FRY Federal Republic of Yugoslavia HDZ Hrvatska demokratska zajednica (Croatian Democratic Union) HV Hrvatska vojska (Croatian Army) IMF International Monetary Fund JNA Jugoslavenska narodna armija (Yugoslav People’s Army) NAM Non-Aligned Movement NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
    [Show full text]
  • Nomination Form Date Entered «*
    NFS Form 10-900 0MB No. 1024-0018 (342) Exp. 10-31-84 United States Department off the Interior National Park Service For NPS UM only National Register off Historic Places received FEB 4 1986 Inventory—Nomination Form date entered «* 1. Name historic St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church and/or common St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church 2. Location street & number 724 North Main not for publication city, town N//L vicinity of state California code 06 county Amador code 005 3. Classification Category Ownership Status Present Use district public X occupied agriculture museum x building(s) x private unoccupied commercial park structure both work in progress educational private residence site Public Acquisition Accessible entertainment x religious object in process X yes: restricted government scientific being considered yes: unrestricted industrial transportation x n/a no military other: name St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Church street & number 724 North Main (P.O. B 1243) city, town Jackson N//L vicinity of state California 95642 courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. Amador County Recorder's Office (Courthouse) street & number 108 Court Street city, town Jackson state California title See Continuation Sheet has this property been determined eligible? yes £— no date federal state county local depository for survey records city, town state 7. Description Condition Check one Chock ono excellent deteriorated unaltered X original &,lte X good ruins X altered moved date _ N/A __ fair __ unexposed Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance St. Sava's Church is a small, modest, and simple structure bordered on three sides by the parish cemetery.
    [Show full text]
  • Name, a Novel
    NAME, A NOVEL toadex hobogrammathon /ubu editions 2004 Name, A Novel Toadex Hobogrammathon Cover Ilustration: “Psycles”, Excerpts from The Bikeriders, Danny Lyon' book about the Chicago Outlaws motorcycle club. Printed in Aspen 4: The McLuhan Issue. Thefull text can be accessed in UbuWeb’s Aspen archive: ubu.com/aspen. /ubueditions ubu.com Series Editor: Brian Kim Stefans ©2004 /ubueditions NAME, A NOVEL toadex hobogrammathon /ubueditions 2004 name, a novel toadex hobogrammathon ade Foreskin stepped off the plank. The smell of turbid waters struck him, as though fro afar, and he thought of Spain, medallions, and cork. How long had it been, sussing reader, since J he had been in Spain with all those corkoid Spanish medallions, granted him by Generalissimo Hieronimo Susstro? Thirty, thirty-three years? Or maybe eighty-seven? Anyhow, as he slipped a whip clap down, he thought he might greet REVERSE BLOOD NUT 1, if only he could clear a wasp. And the plank was homely. After greeting a flock of fried antlers at the shevroad tuesday plied canticle massacre with a flash of blessed venom, he had been inter- viewed, but briefly, by the skinny wench of a woman. But now he was in Rio, fresh of a plank and trying to catch some asscheeks before heading on to Remorse. I first came in the twilight of the Soviet. Swigging some muck, and lampreys, like a bad dram in a Soviet plezhvadya dish, licking an anagram off my hands so the ——— woundn’t foust a stiff trinket up me. So that the Soviets would find out.
    [Show full text]
  • Nation-Building in Memory and Space a Case Study of Memorial Sites in the Municipality of Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Nation-Building in Memory and Space A Case Study of Memorial Sites in the Municipality of Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina Thomas Hammer Peace and Conflict Studies Department of Global Political Studies Bachelor Thesis 12 credits Spring semester 2021 Supervisor: Ivan Gusic Abstract Ethnic nationalism produces conflicts through constructing identities that include certain groups and exclude or marginalize others. This process often continues in post-war periods and hinders inter-ethnic reconciliation. Political actors proceed with constructing ethno-national identities and (re-)writing national narratives in the realm of remembering. This thesis seeks to understand how memorial sites are used for nation-building processes in post-war contexts, based on the municipality of Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This single instrumental case study analyzes two memorial sites through fieldwork, newspaper articles, and archival records. The theoretical framework builds on concepts from nationalism studies, memory studies, as well as cultural and political geography. The analysis demonstrates that the studied memorial sites are used as follows: 1) to depict the nation's objects of identification for demarcating the national Self from the Other; 2) to promote myths of victimization for unifying the group and justifying atrocities; 3) to silence narratives and memories that contradict or challenge those of the own group; and 4) to mark territory as an integral part of the spatial narrative in which public places are transformed into “owned” places.
    [Show full text]
  • No Safe Place
    No Safe Place: An Assessment on Violence against Women in Kosovo Prepared by Rachel Wareham, Consultant UNIFEM UNIFEM is the women’s fund at the United Nations. It provides financial and technical assistance to innovative programs and strategies that promote human rights, political participation and economic security for women. UNIFEM works in partnership with UN organizations, governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and networks to promote gender equality. It links women’s issues and concerns to national, regional and global agendas, by fostering collaboration and providing technical expertise on gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment strategies. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author, and do not necessarily represent the views of UNIFEM, the United Nations or any of its affiliated organizations. No Safe Place: An Assessment on Violence against Women in Kosovo Report prepared by Rachel Wareham, Consultant, UNIFEM Prishtina ISBN No.0-9679502-7-9 ©The United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2000 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) UNMIK Annex Building Room 103 Prishtina, Kosovo Tel: + 381 (0) 38 504-604 ext. 4205, 4276 Fax: + 381 (0) 38 549-065 SPONSOR: Funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), United Kingdom Researchers: Rachel Wareham and Iliriana Loxha Picture credits: Zake Prelvukaj Poem credit: Shqipe Malushi Cover and book design: XHAD studio / www.xhadonline.com foreword Violence against women is not a “private issue,” nor just a “women’s issue.” This issue concerns the public, men and the society at large. The threat of violence shadows women not only in the context of war, but in times of peace, in their daily lives, in the home, on the streets and in the workplace.
    [Show full text]
  • S/1994/674/Annex VIII Page 311 Operated by Military Police Units from Drvar. It Is Unclear If Guards from Camp Kozile Were Also
    S/1994/674/Annex VIII Page 311 operated by military police units from Drvar. It is unclear if guards from camp Kozile were also transferred here for duty. 4101 / 2580 . Prekaja : The existence of this detention facility has not been corroborated by multiple sources. Reportedly just near Drvar, in the village of Prekaja is an alleged Serb controlled concentration camp. 4102 / Allegedly operated by extremists, the interns were purportedly tortured and killed at this camp. 4103 / 2581 . Titov Drvar : The existence of this detention facility has been corroborated by a neutral source, namely Medecins Sans Frontieres. Medecins Sans Frontieres reportedly acquired evidence of two Serb controlled concentration camps in Titov Drvar. 4104 / The French source interviewed several Muslim refugees from the town of Kozarac who had been interned in the Serb controlled camps. 4105 / The French agency reported that more than half of the refugees had reportedly been tortured. 4106 / 2582 . Drvar Prison : (The existence of this detention facility has not been corroborated by multiple sources). Another report alleges the existence of a Bosnian Serb controlled camp at the prison. 4107 / This location was identified as of May 1993. 4108 / The source, however, did not provide additional information regarding either operation or prisoner identification. 78. Tomislavgrad 2583 . This municipality is located in central BiH, bordering Croatia to the west. According to the 1991 Yugoslav census, the county had a population of 29,261. Croats constituted 86.6 per cent of the population, Muslims 10.8 per cent, Serbs 1.5 per cent, and the remaining 1.1 per cent were classified as "other".
    [Show full text]
  • The Normative Model of the Ideal Type Soldier in Serbia
    PEACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FRANKFURT Filip Ejdus The Normative Model of the Ideal Type Soldier in Serbia Serbian Case PRIF- Research Paper No. I/8-2007 © PRIF & Filip Ejdus 2007 Research Project „The Image of the Democratic Soldier: Tensions Between the Organisation of Armed Forces and the Principles of Democracy in European Comparison“ Funded by the Volkswagen Foundation 2006-2009 Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Analytical Framework: Culture, Political Culture and Strategic Culture 3 3. Political and Strategic Culture in Serbia 5 4. Historical Background 13 5. Contemporary Civil-Military Relations 2000-2007 16 6. Conclusion 30 References 31 Ejdus: Serbian Case I/8-2007 2 1. Introduction The main goal of this paper is to analyze civil-military relations in Serbia with the aim of identifying the normative model of the ideal type soldier in Serbia. Given that this paper should contribute to a wider research The Image of the Democratic Soldier: tensions between the organization of armed forces and the principles of democracy in European comparison , the central question it seeks to answer is whether society in Serbia makes a specific democratic normative input into the organization of its Serbian Armed Forces (SAF). 1 Put differently, the question will be what society in Serbia believes its army should do what should it look like and to what extent democracy influences these expectations. In order to provide answers to the questions asked above, we first need to define the concepts of political and strategic culture and broadly discuss the existing political and strategic culture in Serbia. Here, we will outline two distinct cultural models in Serbia.
    [Show full text]
  • Burnout of Physicians, Pharmacists and Nurses in the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Serbian Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Article Burnout of Physicians, Pharmacists and Nurses in the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Serbian Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study Biljana Jakovljevic 1, Katarina Stojanovic 2 , Tamara Nikolic Turnic 2 and Vladimir Lj. Jakovljevic 3,4,* 1 Academy for Applied Studies, The College of Health Studies, 11070 Belgrade, Serbia; [email protected] 2 Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Svetozara Markovi´ca69, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia; [email protected] (K.S.); [email protected] (T.N.T.) 3 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Svetozara Markovi´ca69, 34000 Kragujevac, Serbia 4 Department of Human Pathology, 1st Moscow State Medical, University IM Sechenov, 8 Trubetskaya Street 2, 119991 Moscow, Russia * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: This research was a prospective, cross-sectional observational study of 128 health workers in the central part of the Republic of Serbia. The study surveyed health workers (physicians, pharmacists and nurses) who worked during peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Serbia in June and November 2020. The Maslach Burnout Survey for Medical Personnel addresses three scales: Citation: Jakovljevic, B.; Stojanovic, (a) emotional exhaustion (EE) measures feelings of being emotionally overextended and exhausted K.; Nikolic Turnic, T.; Jakovljevic, V.L. by one’s work; (b) depersonalization (DP) measures an unfeeling and impersonal response toward Burnout of Physicians, Pharmacists recipients of one’s service, care treatment, or instruction; and (c) personal accomplishment (PA) and Nurses in the Course of the measures feelings of competence and successful achievement in one’s work.
    [Show full text]
  • Sacred Space, Religion, and Violence in Bosnia-Hercegovina
    1 The role of religion within the Yugoslav Wars (1990- 1999) and the mantle of ethno-religion in post-conflict societies Thomas Ansell S3407330 First Supervisor: Dr. J. Tarusarira Second Supervisor: Dr. M. McIvor Word Count: 20,304 Thesis prepared in partial fulfilment of the MA in Conflict, Religion and Globalisation at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, September 2017-August 2018 Groningen, 2018 2 Abstract This thesis examines the role of religion in the Yugoslav Wars (1990-1999) and development of peace thereafter. Considered in terms of ‘Conflict Transformation’, it analyses the way that religion, culture and ethnicity have interplayed with politics throughout the series of conflicts making up the Yugoslav Wars, through an examination of the actions, traditions, symbols and narratives of each of the 3 main ethno-religious groups in the region; Serbian Orthodox Christianity, Croatian Catholicism and Balkan Islam. Following on from this, and contributing to a growing canon of scholarship regarding transitional justice and reconciliation, the thesis considers the role that religious mechanisms, actors and theories could have in creating a lasting peace in the region. Examples are drawn from diverse geographical and temporal spaces to provide a wholesome exploration of justice and reconciliation methods; both formal and ‘traditional’. In accordance with the goal of reconciliatory peace, theoretical mechanisms and concrete actions are canvassed and contrasted, building a full picture of the possibilities within the Balkan region. Throughout the thesis, the requirement for a holistic, multi-layered and ethno-religiosly sympathetic approach is expounded, whilst the actions of organisations (local, national and international) are examined in concert with religious efforts and thinking.
    [Show full text]
  • Genocidal Rape, Enforced Impregnation, and the Discourse of Serbian National Identity
    CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture ISSN 1481-4374 Purdue University Press ©Purdue University Volume 17 (2015) Issue 3 Article 2 Genocidal Rape, Enforced Impregnation, and the Discourse of Serbian National Identity Tatjana Takševa Saint Mary's University Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/clcweb Part of the American Studies Commons, Comparative Literature Commons, Education Commons, European Languages and Societies Commons, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Other Arts and Humanities Commons, Other Film and Media Studies Commons, Reading and Language Commons, Rhetoric and Composition Commons, Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons, Television Commons, and the Theatre and Performance Studies Commons Dedicated to the dissemination of scholarly and professional information, Purdue University Press selects, develops, and distributes quality resources in several key subject areas for which its parent university is famous, including business, technology, health, veterinary medicine, and other selected disciplines in the humanities and sciences. CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, the peer-reviewed, full-text, and open-access learned journal in the humanities and social sciences, publishes new scholarship following tenets of the discipline of comparative literature and the field of cultural studies designated as "comparative cultural studies." Publications in the journal are indexed in the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (Chadwyck-Healey), the Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Thomson Reuters ISI), the Humanities Index (Wilson), Humanities International Complete (EBSCO), the International Bibliography of the Modern Language Association of America, and Scopus (Elsevier). The journal is affiliated with the Purdue University Press monograph series of Books in Comparative Cultural Studies. Contact: <[email protected]> Recommended Citation Takševa, Tatjana.
    [Show full text]