Kosovo mythology and the Bosnian genocide
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Kosovo mythology and the Bosnian genocide
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number291.1783315/0001
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]04495h
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]New York, New York, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Berghahn Books
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2010
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp180-205
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9781571813022
NotesArticle from the book "In God's name: genocide and religion in the twentieth century" pp180-205
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
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