Sokolić, I;
(2017)
My neighbour, the criminal: how memories of the 1991-1995 conflict in Croatia affect attitudes towards the Serb minority.
Nations and Nationalism
, 23
(4)
pp. 790-814.
10.1111/nana.12311.
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Abstract
This paper investigates how Croats view the minority Serb population in Croatia. It is based on focus groups, dyads and interviews conducted in Croatia in 2014 and 2015. Serbs constitute the ‘other’ to Croatian identity, which is defined primarily through language and religion. The analysis finds that the predominant war narrative related to the 1991–1995 conflict, one of defence against a larger Serbian aggressor, influences both of these notions of identity, as well as perceptions of the Serb minority in the state. Participants displayed contradictory attitudes in a discourse that featured many key facets of the war narrative. Most respondents agreed that Serbs should be equal members of Croatian society, but they also did not believe Cyrillic signs should be put up in Vukovar. The introduction of bilingual signs both reduced trust in government institutions and was interpreted as a continued threat against the Croatian people and state.
Type: | Article |
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Title: | My neighbour, the criminal: how memories of the 1991-1995 conflict in Croatia affect attitudes towards the Serb minority |
Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
DOI: | 10.1111/nana.12311 |
Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12311 |
Language: | English |
Additional information: | © The author(s) 2017. Nations and Nationalism © ASEN/John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2017. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Sokolić, I; (2017) My neighbour, the criminal: how memories of the 1991-1995 conflict in Croatia affect attitudes towards the Serb minority. Nations and Nationalism, which has been published in final form at http://doi.org/10.1111/nana.12311. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. |
Keywords: | Croatia; Croatian identity; Cyrillic protests; Serbian minority; transitional justice; Vukovar |
UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1539996 |
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