Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1 The Study of Elopement Chapter 2 The Liminality of Elopement Chapter 3 An Extraordinary Elopement Chapter 4 Habitus in Bosnia Chapter 5 Deciding in a Blink Chapter 6 The Secret and Elopement Chapter 7 Elopement and Ego-Identity Chapter 8 The Risk of Foreclosure in the Arranged Marriage Chapter 9 Family Folklore and Elopement Chapter 10 Affinal Relations after Elopement Chapter 11 Bosnia's Kin in Turkey Chapter 12 Balkan Ethnology Chapter 13 Bosnian Folk Chapter 14 Ethnicity and Nationality Chapter 15 Accounting for Bosnian Culture Bibliography Appendixes: Survey Report, Marco Index Bosnia Survey Question in English and Bosnian Qualitative Interview Protocol Consent Form in Bosnian
Keith Doubt is Professor of Sociology at Wittenberg University, Ohio
"Risk-taking and boundary-crossing bring benefits: in this case, an
intriguing reflection on sociological theory regarding individual
agency, secrecy, and the meaning of identity at different scales,
from the (gendered) ego through the long-distance diaspora. I was
especially engaged by Doubt's inference from the different depths
of descent reckoning that Bosnian Muslim society is in fact less
patriarchal in structure than either Serb Orthodox or Croat
Catholic. Doubt challenges those who see radical discontinuity,
chaos, or dislocation as the key tropes through which to make sense
of the last half-century of Bosnia's life. Through the Window
represents an important contribution to the task of reminding the
world that Bosnia-Herzegovina and its creative, resilient citizens
have more to contribute to social science than a case study in
collective violence." - Comparative Sociology "Through the Window
is a valuable addition to scholarship on Balkan studies. Doubt's
monograph is significant and meaningful. In collecting, recording,
and analyzing the oral narratives Doubt has done the important work
of preserving and contextualizing them for future generations.
Interdisciplinary in nature, Doubt's study will be of interest to
scholars and students in the fields of Balkan studies, cultural
anthropology, East European literatures, ethnic studies, folklore,
political science, and sociology". - Slavic and East European
Journal
"The task that Keith Doubt sets for himself with this book is to
rescue knowledge about common ethnic trans-cultural heritage in
Bosnia Herzegovina. Relying on literary sources, earlier
ethnographies, and in-depth interviews with women, the author
paints a vivid and exciting picture of elopement from a gender
perspective. Additional sources of information are two surveys
conducted for this research. The book represents fine scholarship,
given its interdisciplinary approach and complex methodology. It is
a valuable contribution to gender, kinship, and folklore studies."
* Slavic Review *
"Through the Window is a valuable addition to scholarship on Balkan
studies. Doubt's monograph is significant and meaningful. In
collecting, recording, and analyzing the oral narratives Doubt has
done the important work of preserving and contextualizing them for
future generations. Interdisciplinary in nature, Doubt's study will
be of interest to scholars and students in the fields of Balkan
studies, cultural anthropology, East European literatures, ethnic
studies, folklore, political science, and sociology". * Slavic and
East European Journal *
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