The Geopolitics of Memory: A Journey to Bosnia

ISBN-13: 9783838213118 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 192 str.

James Riding

Opis

In this experiment in ethnographic place-writing, cultural geographer Riding aims to get at the heart of post-conflict Bosnia via a series of journeys and through the retelling of memories. He seeks to deconstruct and reveal more than ancient ethnic hatreds.

Recenzje

"Detailed summaries of moments in Riding's journey are vehicles to open discussion of the relationship between past and present. This challenging book combines insights about the "Plenum movement" of 2014, memory, and commemoration of wars. Riding observes a "stark difference between the ways in which these violent periods have been commemorated and remembered" (p. 140), providing photographs of memorials, monuments, and sites visited to illustrate the complexity of maintaining memory in today's Bosnia." B. Lieberman, Fitchburg State University - CHOICE connect, Vol. 57 No. 11

O autorze

James Riding is a Cultural Geographer and a member of the Academy of Finland RELATE Centre of Excellence at the University of Tampere, Finland. He is the editor of the collection of essays, Reanimating Regions: Culture, Politics, and Performance (2017), and the author of Land Writings: Excursions in the Footprints of Edward Thomas (2017).