History and Ethnic Identity in Sarajevo Fog: Examples of Politicizing and Mythologizing the Bosniak Historical Narrative Cover Image

ИСТОРИЈА И НАЦИОНАЛНИ ИДЕНТИТЕТ У САРАЈЕВСКОЈ МАГЛИ: ПРИМЈЕРИ ПОЛИТИЗАЦИЈЕ И МИТОЛОГИЗАЦИЈЕ БОШЊАЧКОГ ИСТОРИЈСКОГ НАРАТИВА
History and Ethnic Identity in Sarajevo Fog: Examples of Politicizing and Mythologizing the Bosniak Historical Narrative

Author(s): Dragiša D. Vasić
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, History
Published by: Institut za noviju istoriju Srbije
Keywords: History; Politicization; Mythologization; Sarajevo; Bosnia-Herzegovina;

Summary/Abstract: The paper examines recent drastic examples of politicization and mythologization of Bosniak historiography and the entire Bosniak historical narrative: the controversial renaming of streets and schools in Sarajevo, the ‘Bosnian Valley of the Pyramids’, exaggerating the number of war casualties, and the 2019 History Festival. The background of the examples discussed reveals an ideology and policy that seeks to consolidate the national identity of Bosniaks and aspires to establish a unitary and centralized Bosnia-Herzegovina, arousing hostility toward their neighbors, especially the Serbs.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 209-232
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Serbian
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