Kosovo mythology and the Bosnian genocide
TitelKosovo mythology and the Bosnian genocide
Forfatter
Call number291.1783315/0001
Objektnummer04495h
UdgivelsesstedNew York, New York, United States
UdgiverBerghahn Books
Udgivelsesår
2010
Pagineringpp180-205
MaterialeArticle
ISBN9781571813022
NoterArticle from the book "In God's name: genocide and religion in the twentieth century" pp180-205
Beskrivelse
The genocide in Bosnia was not merely a case of what the Serbs called 'ethnic cleansing', but also a re-enactment of the Serbian myth of that nation's defeat by the Ottoman army six hundred years earlier. Ethnic cleansing was sometimes planned in local Serbian Orthodox churches, while religious rituals were held to celebrate successful cleansing