Surviving the Bosnian genocide : the women of Srebrenica speak
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Surviving the Bosnian genocide : the women of Srebrenica speak
Indiana University Press, c2011
- Other Title
-
De leegte achter ons laten : Een geschiedenis van de vrouwen van Srebrenica
Available at / 1 libraries
-
No Libraries matched.
- Remove all filters.
Note
"Originally published as Selma Leydesdorff, De leegte achter ons laten : Een geschiedenis van de vrouwen van Srebrenica (Amsterdam: Bert Bakker, 2008)"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
In July 1995, the Army of the Serbian Republic killed some 8,000 Bosnian men and boys in and around the town of Srebrenica-the largest mass murder in Europe since World War II. Surviving the Bosnian Genocide is based on the testimonies of 60 female survivors of the massacre who were interviewed by Dutch historian Selma Leydesdorff. The women, many of whom still live in refugee camps, talk about their lives before the Bosnian war, the events of the massacre, and the ways they have tried to cope with their fate. Though fragmented by trauma, the women tell of life and survival under extreme conditions, while recalling a time before the war when Muslims, Croats, and Serbs lived together peaceably. By giving them a voice, this book looks beyond the rapes, murders, and atrocities of that dark time to show the agency of these women during and after the war and their fight to uncover the truth of what happened at Srebrenica and why.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments On the Publication of the English Edition List of abbreviations Preface: What Happened Before Sabaheta's Story 1. Farewell: The Desolation, the Women 2. An Orphaned World: Life before the War 3. War is Coming 4. Living on the Run, Living in Danger 5. A Human Shooting Gallery-Srebrenica 1992-1995 6. Violence 7. Departure without Arrival Notes Index
by "Nielsen BookData"
