Circles on the Mountain: Bosnian Women in the Twenty-First Century

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This book combines scholarly research with first-person interviews to examine the current state of women in Bosnia twenty years after the Balkan Wartheir emotional recovery, their economic situation, and their prospects for the future. It describes how two of the worst issues affecting Bosnian women today are domestic violence and trafficking. Both are being addressed successfully by Bosnian womens organizations applying skills developed earlier in coping with rape and war trauma. It demonstrates how these organizations shoulder a societal load that various levels of government have no will or budget to address, and shows that in parts of central Bosnia feelings still run high between Christians and Muslims. The authors argue that where ethnic hostility persists in rural areas, successful peace building should include ethnic song and dance as well as dialog groups.

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Postwar conditions are always gendered, and they can last several lifetimes. Circles on the Mountain reveals the diversity and complexity of the postwar lives of Bosnian women. Readers will find in this book numerous lessons and insightsabout silences, trust, violence, organizing, and what it takes to reweave the fabric of civic life that has been unraveled by war. -- Cynthia Enloe, Clark University

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Janet M. Powers is professor emerita of women's studies at Gettysburg College. Marica Prozo has worked in secondary education in Bosnia and the United States.