CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Kukec, Nikola |
|---|---|
| Title | Regulation of Violent Masculinities in the Post-war Period of the Croatian Homeland War |
| Summary | This paper problematizes the shifts in hegemonic masculine practices, which were strongly linked to nationalism discourses, from those performed by the male soldiers in the Croatian Homeland War (1991-1995). This process is followed through the period of post-war when other legitimate masculine practices gain hegemonic status. This analysis is done through a biopolitical lens and views the periods of war and post-war by introducing theoretical frameworks of sovereign power and bare life which are used to account for shifts in the masculine practices. The paper argues that the post-war period favors practices connected to economic discourses of the pre-war period which open up possibilities for those subjects who were performing middle class masculinities in the pre-war period. Furthermore the insights into these processes are made by analyzing the dominant discourses of the pre-war, war and post-war periods. These discourses are drawn out of the media, literature dealing with the Homeland War but also through analyzing interviews conducted with soldier and peace activists during a three month period in 2012. |
| Supervisor | Helms, Elissa |
| Department | Gender Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/kukec_nikola.pdf |
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