Lexington Books Ethnic and National Identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina: Kinship and Solidarity in a Polyethnic Society (Anthropology of Kinship and the Family)

In Ethnic and National Identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Keith Doubt and Adnan Tufekčić analyze Bosnian social organization, cultural character, and boundary maintenance. Doubt and Tufekčić argue that modern Bosnians live in a polyethnic society, defined by a set of marriage and kinship practices that cross ethnic and national identity divisions. This book provides readers with a clearer understanding of Bosnian identity and the role of ethnic groups in an increasingly complex society. Review "Ethnic and National Identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina provides an interesting interdisciplinary understanding of the power and persistence of affinal kinship relations in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The authors tackle some of the region's oldest ethnological discussions and offer new insights into how networks of solidarity are maintained in the rural parts of a fragmented, post-war state."--Alenka Bartulovic, University of Ljubljana Ethnic and National Identity in Bosnia-Herzegovina examines 'authentic syncretism, ' and analyzes interrelated marriage customs and kinship structures and shows how they contribute to social intimacy and sense of solidarity in a polyethnic society. This is an excellent study with interesting results and surprising insights!--Christoph Wulf, Freie Universität Berlin The new book by Doubt and Tufekčic is a sociological study of Bosnian-Herzegovinian traditional non-blood relations and affinity. For readers who have no insight into Bosnian culture, the book will reveal the authenticity and the cordiality of social relations, which made the incredible and bloody fraternal war of the late 20th century, in which BiH lost the most, still even more meaningless. [Translated from original Slovenian]-- "Glasnik SED (Slovene Ethnological Society)" This is an excellent monograph offering a profound insight into a complex web of relationships which constitute the very core of the Bosnian identity. Thus, it will certainly be interesting to anyone who wants to have a more profound understanding of B&H and its position in the Balkans, and especially of the role of its kinship folklore in the making and sustaining the society.-- "Southeastern Europe" "The book is a moving contribution to Bosnian studies; Keith Doubt and Adnan Tufekčic are clearing some forgotten facets of Bosnian social plurality."--Rusmir Mahmutcehajic, International Forum Bosnia About the Author Keith Doubt is professor of sociology at Wittenberg University. Adnan Tufekečić is member of the Board for Pedagogical Disciplines at the Academy of Science and Arts in Bosnia and Herzegovina.