"This is our little hajj": Muslim holy sites and reappropriation of the sacred landscape in contemporary Bosnia

American Ethnologist

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 751-765

  Henig, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bosnia Herzegovina; Islam; Muslim Politics; Pilgrimage; Postsocialism; Sacred Sites

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868307249     PISSN: 00940496     EISSN: 15481425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-1425.2012.01393.x     Document Type: Article

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