{"product_id":"we-are-now-a-nation-9781442616035","title":"We Are Now a Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Yugoslav War of Succession had untold ramifications for those living in the embattled region. What often goes overlooked, however, is the impact that the war had on people from the former Yugoslavia who were living abroad. \u003ci\u003eWe are Now a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e considers the effect that the war and the independence of Croatia had on Croatian diaspora-homeland relations. In doing so, it confronts complex questions of ideology, nostalgia, social suffering, nationalism, and identity politics as manifested in the relationship between diaspora and homeland Croats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaphne Winland draws upon extensive, multi-sited ethnographic research in both Toronto and Croatia from 1992 to the present, exploring the problematic nature of Croatian identity. The occasion of Croatian independence, she suggests, resulted in the emergence of a politics of ''desire'' and ''disdain,'' which further complicated efforts to define ''Croatness'' (\u003ci\u003eHrvatstvo\u003c\/i\u003e) both at home and abroad. The idea of the Croatian ho\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408353206615,"sku":"9781442616035","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442616035.jpg?v=1730502560","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/we-are-now-a-nation-9781442616035","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}