Što Te Nema?: Transnational Cultural Production in the Diaspora in Response to the Srebrenica Genocide

D Karabegović - Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 2014Taylor & Francis
This article examines diaspora mobilization through transnational cultural production within
Bosnian diaspora communities in Sweden and the United States in response to genocide. A
discussion of diaspora mobilization in response to homeland politics is underlined with data
from interviews and participant observation. An example of transnational cultural production
through public performance art between an artist and diaspora is highlighted in particular. Its
focus is Srebrenica genocide remembrance. The article argues that diaspora cultural …
This article examines diaspora mobilization through transnational cultural production within Bosnian diaspora communities in Sweden and the United States in response to genocide. A discussion of diaspora mobilization in response to homeland politics is underlined with data from interviews and participant observation. An example of transnational cultural production through public performance art between an artist and diaspora is highlighted in particular. Its focus is Srebrenica genocide remembrance. The article argues that diaspora cultural production can be more moderate and aims to move beyond ethnonationalist public political debates evidenced in Bosnia and Herzegovina's postconflict political environment while reaffirming belonging to the diaspora in respective host countries.
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