Kosovo mythology and the Bosnian genocide
TitelKosovo mythology and the Bosnian genocide
Auteur
Call number291.1783315/0001
Objectnummer04495h
Plaats van uitgaveNew York, New York, United States
UitgeverBerghahn Books
Jaar van uitgave
2010
Pagina'spp180-205
MateriaalArtikel
ISBN9781571813022
NotesArticle from the book "In God's name: genocide and religion in the twentieth century" pp180-205
Beschrijving
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