Why do they call it Raška when they mean Sandžak? On the synchrony and diachrony of identities in Southwest Serbia
This thesis investigates the diverse ways in which social agents construct the relationship between past, present and future through a study of historical consciousness and its role in the negotiation of identity and shifting power relations in the border region of Southwest Serbia. The focus of the research falls on ethnic relations between Serbs and Bosniaks, who predominantly inhabit the area, and the boundaries that they imagine surround the world they live in. The goal has been to tra...
Ranitovic, A. (2016). Why do they call it Raška when they mean Sandžak? On the synchrony and diachrony of identities in Southwest Serbia [PhD thesis]. University of Oxford.
Ranitovic, Ana. Why Do They Call It Raška When They Mean Sandžak? On the Synchrony and Diachrony of Identities in Southwest Serbia. University of Oxford, 2016.
Ranitovic, Ana. 2016. "Why Do They Call It Raška When They Mean Sandžak? On the Synchrony and Diachrony of Identities in Southwest Serbia." PhD thesis, University of Oxford.
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Balkan studies