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Konkurrensen om offerrollen i överlevandes berättelser efter kriget i Bosnien

Competition for victimhood in stories of survivors from the Bosnian war

Author

  • Goran Basic

Summary, in English

The aim of this article is to analyse verbally portrayed experiences of 27 survivors of the 1990’s war in northwestern Bosnia. My focus is on describing how the interviewees portray the social phenomenon of «victimhood» and on analysing the discursive patterns that contribute to construction of the category «victim». When, after the war, different actors claim this «victim» status, it sparks a competition for victimhood. The competition between categories seems to

take place on a symbolic level. By reproducing this competition for the victim role, all demarcations, which were played out so skilfully during the war, are kept alive.

Department/s

Publishing year

2014

Language

Swedish

Pages

203-228

Publication/Series

Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning

Volume

55

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Universitetsforlaget

Topic

  • Sociology (excluding Social Work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)

Keywords

  • victim
  • crime
  • war
  • victimhood
  • Bosnien
  • krig
  • offerskap
  • brott
  • förövare
  • offer
  • perpetrator
  • Bosnia
  • sociology
  • sociologi

Status

Published

Research group

  • Kriminal- och socialvetenskapligt nätverk

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0040-716X