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Address: Srpska, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Collection of works by several authors about Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina published in Slov... more Collection of works by several authors about Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina published in Slovenia in 2010.
In my MA thesis, I argue that the relation of femininity and ethnicity in Bosnian Serb politics c... more In my MA thesis, I argue that the relation of femininity and ethnicity in Bosnian Serb politics can be defined through the nationalist concept of self-sacrifice or martyrdom. The case study for that topic is Biljana Plavsic, the former President of Republika Srpska (RS), the Serb entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although it can be argued that Biljana Plavsic represents an outlier, I claim that she is marked as an example of the continuation of the tradition of self-sacrifice in Serbian national myth. In Serbian folk tradition, love is a familiar trope that motivates women to sacrifice themselves for their brother or children. Following that, Plavsic sacrifices herself for her children – i.e. the Bosnian Serb population. This matches with one of the supposed roles of women in nationalism – to embody the nation and its tradition. Self-sacrifice is not only a political choice but also, and much more importantly, an essence of femininity and ethnicity in the tragic Serb history. In developing such a discourse important role have most prominent press in RS (Glas Srpske and Nezavisne Novine), public television broadcast (RTRS) and Plavsic herself through her autobiographical book Svedocim (“I am witnessing”). Biljana Plavšić's self-representation and the media representation of her from 2009 in RS will be the case study of my research and the point is to see how the link between gender, religion and nation is formed by a focus on the concept of self-sacrifice.
Collection of works by several authors about Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina published in Slov... more Collection of works by several authors about Post-Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina published in Slovenia in 2010.
In my MA thesis, I argue that the relation of femininity and ethnicity in Bosnian Serb politics c... more In my MA thesis, I argue that the relation of femininity and ethnicity in Bosnian Serb politics can be defined through the nationalist concept of self-sacrifice or martyrdom. The case study for that topic is Biljana Plavsic, the former President of Republika Srpska (RS), the Serb entity within Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although it can be argued that Biljana Plavsic represents an outlier, I claim that she is marked as an example of the continuation of the tradition of self-sacrifice in Serbian national myth. In Serbian folk tradition, love is a familiar trope that motivates women to sacrifice themselves for their brother or children. Following that, Plavsic sacrifices herself for her children – i.e. the Bosnian Serb population. This matches with one of the supposed roles of women in nationalism – to embody the nation and its tradition. Self-sacrifice is not only a political choice but also, and much more importantly, an essence of femininity and ethnicity in the tragic Serb history. In developing such a discourse important role have most prominent press in RS (Glas Srpske and Nezavisne Novine), public television broadcast (RTRS) and Plavsic herself through her autobiographical book Svedocim (“I am witnessing”). Biljana Plavšić's self-representation and the media representation of her from 2009 in RS will be the case study of my research and the point is to see how the link between gender, religion and nation is formed by a focus on the concept of self-sacrifice.