Neighbors at War: Anthropological Perspectives on Yugoslav Ethnicity, Culture, and History
 
 (Cartoon by Nikola Otas in Ilustrovana Politika (Belgrade) 3 February 1992 from The Yugoslav War Through Cartoons ,
by Goran Jovanovic.
 
Edited by
Joel M. Halpern,
University of Massachusetts/Amherst
David A. Kideckel,
Central Connecticut State University
 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part I: Culture, Society, and Historical Context, in Ex-Yugoslavia

1. Introduction: The End of Yugoslavia Observed
    Joel M. Halpern and David A. Kideckel,

2. Lessons from the Yugoslav Labyrinth
    E. A. Hammel, University of California, Berkeley

3. Unmaking Multiethnicity in Yugoslavia: Media and Metamorphosis
    Bette Denich, Boston University

4.The Yugoslav Dark Side of Humanity: A View from a Slovene Blind Spot.
     Rajko Mursic, University of Ljubljana

Part II: Ethnicity, Nationalism and Culture: Contested Views

5. Roots of the War in Croatia,
    Elinor Despalatovic, Connecticut College

6. Nationalism as a Folk Ideology: The Case of Former Yugoslavia
    Andrei Simic, University of Southern California

7. Muslims as "Others" in Serbian and Croatian Politics
    Robert M. Hayden, University of Pittsburgh

8. "Former Comrades" at War: Historical and Anthropological Perspectives on 'Ethnic
    Cleansing' in Croatia. Hannes Grandits and Christian Promitzer, University of Graz

9. Under the Linden Tree: A Slovenian Life on a Contested State Frontier
    Robert Gary Minnich, University of Bergen

10. Ethnonationalism and the Dissolution of Yugoslavia.
    Edit Petrovic, University of Calgary
 

Part III: Interpreting Social and Political Processes

11. Barbarization in a Bosnian Pilgrimage Center
     Mart Bax, Vrije University, Amsterdam

12. Consequences of the War in Croatia at Village and Urban Professional Levels.
      Brian C. Bennett, Appalachian State University

13. Seeing Past the Barricades: Ethnic Intermarriage in Former Yugoslavia, 1962-1989
      Nikolai Botev, United Nations, Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva

14. National Minorities under the Dayton Peace Accords: Lessons from History
      Julie Mertus, Ohio Northern University

Part IV: Expressive Culture as Instrument and Outcome of War

15. The Yugoslav War Through Cartoons
     Goran Jovanovic, University of Geneva

16. Some Aspects of Music and Politics in Bosnia
      Mirjana Lausevic, Wesleyan University

17. Clapping for Serbs: Nationalism and Performance in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
       Lynn D.Maners, The University of Arizona

18. Serbia: The Inside Story
      Mirjana Prosic-Dvornic, University of Belgrade (formerly)

Part V: Perspectives on Interventions

19. Refugee Women from Former Yugoslavia in the Camps of Rural Hungary
      Eva V. Huseby-Darvas, University of Michigan, Dearborn

20. Kosovo: The Quiet Siege
      Janet Reineck, Direct Relief, Inc.

22. Civil Society and Ethnic Conflict in the Republic of Macedonia
      Jonathan Matthew Schwartz, University of Copenhagen

23. Redefining "Merhamet" after a Historical Nightmare.
      Stevan M. Weine, University of Illinois-Chicago