ORIGINS OF BOSNIAN HUMOUR AND ITS ROLE DURING THE SIEGE OF SARAJEVO

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dc.contributor.authorOrlov, David
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-12T07:50:37Z
dc.date.available2022-05-12T07:50:37Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-30
dc.description.abstractThis article presents an ethnographic study of Bosnian humour during the siege of Sarajevo. The siege of Sarajevo, which followed the collapse of Yugoslavia, lasted four years. Despite the atrocities and war crimes committed against the residents of Sarajevo during this period, they are known for the spirit they demonstrated, and humour was a crucial element of this spirit. On the basis of two-month fieldwork in Sarajevo, I demonstrate how Bosnians employed humour to comment on this traumatic event, made sense of it, and coped with the experience. Although humour under extreme conditions is mainly viewed as a coping mechanism, by exploring the origins of Bosnian humour and stereotypes about Bosnians, I demonstrate that a notable humorous response to the traumatic events of the 1990s was more than a coping mechanism or just a response to this particular war. As I argue, a humorous attitude toward life in Bosnia belongs to people’s identity; it has developed historically as a response to the sufferings of a peripheral group in the region and, as a result, has become a cultural artifact belonging to Bosnians’ ethnic consciousness. In their attempt to preserve a sense of normalcy and restore dignity during the siege, Sarajevans continued to engage in their traditional humour, as doing otherwise would mean they had lost control over who they were.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOrlov, D. (2021). Origins of Bosnian humor and its role during the siege of Sarajevo. In The European Journal of Humour Research (Vol. 9, Issue 4, pp. 173–188). Estonian Literary Museum Scholarly Press. https://doi.org/10.7592/ejhr2021.9.4.522en_US
dc.identifier.issn2307-700X
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.europeanjournalofhumour.org/ejhr/article/view/522
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.7592/EJHR2021.9.4.522
dc.identifier.urihttp://nur.nu.edu.kz/handle/123456789/6146
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEstonian Literary Museum Scholarly Pressen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries9;4
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThe European Journal of Humour Research;Vol. 9 No. 4 (2021)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.subjectType of access: Open Accessen_US
dc.subjectethnic humouren_US
dc.subjecthumour under extreme conditionsen_US
dc.subjectstereotypesen_US
dc.subjectthe siege of Sarajevoen_US
dc.titleORIGINS OF BOSNIAN HUMOUR AND ITS ROLE DURING THE SIEGE OF SARAJEVOen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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