Humor und Kriegsdiskurs in Bosnien. Wie reden die Bosnier über den Krieg?
Humour and war discourse in Bosnia. How do Bosnians speak about the War?

Summary/Abstract: The events in the last Bosnian war (1992-1995) lead to an end of the Bosnian ethnic plurality. No one is consciously concerned with the fate of the other, but unconsciously, that does happen. The war issues, as well as the ethnic division of the population are constantly discussed only in the discourse segment of jokes. This discourse segment may not be negligible, because jokes are told always and everywhere in Bosnia-Herzegovina. They are part of everyday life and an important indicator of public opinion, which otherwise is currently very difficult to measure in Bosnia. They represent a social barometer, because the mood in the country is often fast and accurately examined by a circulating joke. Humour is an opinion and a statement, it reflects the relationship to the world and for that reason this discourse segment should not be a priori excluded of the scientific discourse analysis on South Eastern Europe.

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