[PDF] Teenage Refugees From Bosnia Herzegovina Speak Out eBook

Author : Valerie Paradiž
Publisher : Globe Fearon
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,37 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Bosnian American teenagers
ISBN :

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Describes the lives of eight teenagers from Bosnia-Herzegovinia, why they left their homeland, and how they adapted to life in the United States.

Author : Globe Fearon
Publisher : Globe Fearon
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 19,39 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780835922289

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Teenagers from Ethiopia describe the conditions in that country that caused them to leave and their new lives in the United States.

Author : Jane Gangi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 21,35 MB
Release : 2014-03-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1134660820

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This book studies children’s and young adult literature of genocide since 1945, considering issues of representation and using postcolonial theory to provide both literary analysis and implications for educating the young. Many of the authors visited accurately and authentically portray the genocide about which they write; others perpetuate stereotypes or otherwise distort, demean, or oversimplify. In this focus on young people’s literature of specific genocides, Gangi profiles and critiques works on the Cambodian genocide (1975-1979); the Iraqi Kurds (1988); the Maya of Guatemala (1981-1983); Bosnia, Kosovo, and Srebrenica (1990s); Rwanda (1994); and Darfur (2003-present). In addition to critical analysis, each chapter also provides historical background based on the work of prominent genocide scholars. To conduct research for the book, Gangi traveled to Bosnia, engaged in conversation with young people from Rwanda, and spoke with scholars who had traveled to or lived in Guatemala and Cambodia. This book analyses the ways contemporary children, typically ages ten and up, are engaged in the study of genocide, and addresses the ways in which child survivors who have witnessed genocide are helped by literature that mirrors their experiences.

Author : Michael Schuman
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 38,16 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Bosnia and Hercegovina
ISBN : 081605052X

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In February 2003, Biljana Plavsic, an ex-Bosnian-Serb leader, became the highest-ranking politician from the former Yugoslavia to be found guilty of war crimes. Her sentence of 11 years in prison is an important step in the reconciliation and rehabilitation process that has been hampered by reluctance on the part of governments and individuals to come forth and face war crimes indictments. The war in Bosnia ended in 1995 with the signing of the Dayton Peace Agreement, which created a two-tier government in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A multi-ethnic national government took charge of foreign and economic policy and two regional governments, the Bosniak/Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Bosnian Serb-led Republika Srpska, managed internal affairs. This new volume in the Nations in Transition series provides an in-depth look at the current situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the country's ethnic conflict and its history, and the difficulties it faces in implementing the terms of the peace agreement. Comprehensive in scope, Bosnia and Herzegovina begins with an overview of the country's history, from Roman times to the present. In a style that is easy to understand, the book continues to examine the complicated government structure and diverse religious community of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as its economic situation, culture, daily life, and major cities. An invaluable source of information for students and general readers, this volume is a great starting point for research on this still fragile democracy.

Author : Mary Englar
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 38,53 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0822523930

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Introduction to the history, culture and ethnic diversity of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

Author : Zoe Lowery
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 20,85 MB
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1499463057

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The Bosnian War (1992–1995) involved ferocious killing among a trio of the region’s major ethnic groups: Serbs, Croats, and Muslims. By the war’s end, as many as 26,000 Muslim civilians had been systematically murdered. This insightful resource offers a unique look at those terrifying events, including highlighting three possible perspectives on the war and the confusion these different perspectives can cause, even years later. Readers will also benefit from a review of Bosnia’s history and the events that culminated in this gruesome time.