No. XXXVI (2005)
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The Vernacular Discourses of Historical Victimage of Kosovo Serbs and Albanians

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  • Helena Zdravković
Helena Zdravković
UNKNOWN
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0536083Z

Published 01.12.2005

Keywords

  • ideological criticism,
  • victimage,
  • Kosovo Serbs,
  • Kosovo Albanians,
  • othering

How to Cite

Zdravković, H. (2005). The Vernacular Discourses of Historical Victimage of Kosovo Serbs and Albanians. Balcanica - Annual of the Institute for Balkan Studies, (XXXVI), 83–112. https://doi.org/10.2298/BALC0536083Z

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Abstract

This ideological criticism study examines the vernacular discourses of historical victimage of Kosovo Serbs and Albanians. The participants amalgamate personal and collective memories with official national histories to explain present victimization as a continuance of historical victimage. This use of the past legitimizes their national and political claims, and also justifies violence against the other group. Historical victimage offers a rationale for hating the Other and perpetuating a vicious cycle of violence in intractable conflict.
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