Open AccessYoung people from Bosnia and Herzegovina in Norway: Migration, Identity and Ethnicity
Author(s) -
Dragana Kovacevic
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
revista română de studii baltice şi nordice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2067-1725
pISSN - 2067-225X
DOI - 10.53604/rjbns.v5i1_6
Subject(s) - norwegian , multiculturalism , nationalism , ethnic group , refugee , gender studies , context (archaeology) , immigration , identity (music) , sociology , political science , bosnia herzegovina , ethnology , law , anthropology , history , politics , aesthetics , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology
The article focuses on young people originating from Bosnia and Herzegovina, permanently residing in Norway, who first came to Norway as children and conflict refugees in the 1990s. It investigates how they relate to their identity and origin, and how they discursively represent nationalism(s) and wars in the sending society. It also discusses their integration into Norwegian society and poses a question how ethnicity is contextualized in a receiving society in which it is generally socially desirable to express values of tolerance and respect for multiculturalism. Material from the interviews with young Bosnians and the participant observation of relevant events makes it possible to reflect on such phenomena as transnational belongings and the so-called long-distance nationalism, leading to the discussion about the contested claims of victimhood in the post- Yugoslav immigration context.