Table of Contents

List of IllustrationsForewordPrefaceA Note on Language and PronunciationIntroduction31History, Identity, and the Yugoslav Dream122A Bosnian Village373Men, Women, and the House854Marriage and Marriage Procedures1195Caring for the Living and the Souls of the Dead1586Debating Islam and Muslim Identity197Notes233Glossary of Bosnian Terms253Bibliography259Index277

About the Author

Tone Bringa has a permanent lectureship in Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Reviews

One of Choice's Outstanding Academic Books of 1996 "At long last, there is a book which captures both the quiddity of Bosnian village life and the peculiar nature of Muslimhood in that part of Europe... [A] lucid and marvelously informative book."--The Times Literary Supplement