CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2025
| Author | Tomasic Srdar, Mila |
|---|---|
| Title | Culture of Violence: War-infused Masculinities and Male Youth Violence in Post-War Croatia |
| Summary | Abstract Violence being a marker of masculinity takes its peak form through militarized masculinities. In Croatia, veteran masculinity is the dominant form of masculinity, a bar set high by the men who fought in the Croatian Independence War in the 1990s. This perception of ultimate masculinity has intrinsically tied violence and aggression to manliness. Today’s Croatian boys and young men often display violent behaviors, either against each other or those around them, something which is, according to this thesis, deeply influenced by the social dominance of veteran masculinities. This work therefore explores the relationship between violence and masculinity as it pertains to young Croatian men and boys, as well as how the veterans these boys look up to are a deeply troubled portion of the population, and one which makes for deeply flawed role models. |
| Supervisor | Al-Bagdadi, Nadia |
| Department | Undergraduate Studies BA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2025/tomasic-srdar_mila.pdf |
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