Political Science

Who belongs? Women, marriage and citizenship

Document Type

Article

Abstract

This article examines ways in which nationalism, as a concept, is gendered and the impact that that perspective had on women in the Balkans during the wars in the 1990s. The impact on women was especially severe, given the number who were raped or displaced by the wars. In this article, the authors address the ways in which (male) nationalist leaders used citizenship and the imagery of women to alter the perception that the state and society had toward women in general, and to those in ethnically mixed marriages in particular. Importantly, paying attention to the lives of women in ethnically mixed marriages can shed light on the dynamics of civil wars, on their consequences and on the very politics of state-defined citizenship. © 2004 Taylor & Francis Ltd.

Publication Title

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Publication Date

12-2004

Volume

6

Issue

3

First Page

416

Last Page

435

ISSN

1461-6742

DOI

10.1080/1461674042000235591

Keywords

Bosnia, citizenship, ethnic conflict, former Yugoslavia, gendered nationalism, identity, marriage, Serbia

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