Engendering a Difficult Past

Motherhood and Memory among Child Survivors of the Genocide in Bosnia–Herzegovina

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12914733
AutoresJanet Jacobs (University of Colorado System, autor de correspondencia), Aida Rogonich Cruickshank (University of Colorado System)
Año2019
Volumen14
Número3
Páginas286-305
Fecha de publicación2019-08-12
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280
EditorialRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17526272.2019.1637579
OpenAlexW2967048498
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas38

The research that is presented here explores the place of maternal memory among child survivors of the Bosnian Muslim genocide that took place in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the 1990s. Using a qualitative research approach, the study is comprised of 24 in depth interviews with child survivors whose families immigrated to the United States in the aftermath of war. Based on the importance of child memory as a source of recollection, the study explores three intersecting areas of research: (1) the role of child survivor memory in documenting histories of civilian warfare; (2) the importance of child survivor memory for the study of gender and genocide; and (3) the significance of child memory for the construction of collective memories of maternal agency. The findings of the research reveal the roles that mothers play in emotion management and in the protection of families during genocidal warfare

Agency (philosophy · Bosnian · Collective memory · Genocide · Political science · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Psychology