The Sacrificed Body: Balkan Community Building and the Fear of Freedom (Russian and East European Studies) by Aleksic, Tatjana

Pittsburgh. 2013. October 2013. University of Pittsburgh Press. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9780822962618. Pitt Russian East European. 266 pages. paperback. Cover image: I [] CU, Cooper Unio, New York, April 2011, courtesy of Natasa Bojic. Cover design by Joel W. Coggins. keywords: Sacrificed Body Balkan Community Building Fear Freedom . FROM THE PUBLISHER - Living in one of the world's most volatile regions, the people of the Balkans have witnessed unrelenting political, economic, and social upheaval. In response, many have looked to building communities, both psychologically and materially, as a means of survival in the wake of crumbling governments and states. The foundational structures of these communities often center on the concept of individual sacrifice for the good of the whole. Many communities, however, are hijacked by restrictive ideologies, turning them into a model of intolerance and exclusion. In The Sacrificed Body, Tatjana Aleksic examines the widespread use of… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. Examines the widespread use of the sacrificial metaphor in cultural texts and its importance to sustaining communal ideologies in the Balkan region. Th author further relates the theme to the sanctioning of ethnic cleansing, rape, and murder in the name of homogeneity and collective identity.

Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 2013. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.

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Univ of Pittsburgh Pr, 2013. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 328 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches.