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1、NationalitiesPapers,Vol.34,No.3,July2006JoiningtheWar:Masculinity,NationalismandWarParticipationintheBalkansWarofSecession,19911995AleksandraSashaMilic´evic´ResearchQuestionWhydopeoplegotowar?MyowninterestinthisquestionemergedfromthecontextofmydissolvingcountryandSerbiasincreased
2、engagementinaverystridentformofethnonationalism.Althoughsocialscientistshavesoughttounderstandtherolesofethnonationalisminfosteringstate-organizedviolence,fewscholarshavesoughttounderstandthegenderednatureofmensmotivationsforparticipatinginwar.Thecaseoftheinter-ethnicwarsinCroatia
3、andBosnia,followingthebreak-upofYugoslavia,presentsanunparalleledopportunitytounderstandmoreabouthowtheprocessesofethnonationalizationandmasculinizationoperateineverydaylife,andabouthowmenfromSerbiamadesenseoftheirdecisionsaboutparticipationinthewars.InthepresentpaperIexplorethewa
4、ysnationalismandmasculinityintersectandoverlap,influenceandareinfluencedbywarparticipation,bylookingcloserintothewarvolunteersfromSerbiawhojoinedtheYugoslavwarsofsecession,19911995.MethodsandDesignThisstudywasdesignedasanethnographyofwarparticipation.Duringthesummerof2000andbetweenJ
5、une2001andSeptember2002,Iconducted40in-depthsemi-structuredinterviewswithformerwarvolunteersfromPancˇevoasmalltowninVojvodina,about15milesnorthofBelgrade.Iaskedsimilarquestionsofeachrespondenttoensureoverallcomparability,butalsoencouragedthemtoelaborateontheiranswersinwaystheyfoun
6、dpersonallyrelevant.Interviewslastedanywherefromonetoeighthours.Therewasnosamplingframe,sinceanaccuratesamplingframewouldhavebeenpossibleonlyifSerbianmilitaryofficialshadagreedtoletmeusetheirfiles(whichtheydidnot).Thus,Iconstructedasnowballsampleand,whileIamawareoftheproblemsinheren
7、tinsnowballsamplingandthelimitationsthatitmightimpose1ontheabilitytogeneralize,itcouldhardlybeavoided.Toavoidinterviewingpeoplefromonlyonecircleoffriends,IaskedforreferralsfrommembersofdifferentISSN0090-5992print;ISSN1465-3923online/06/030265-23#2006AssociationfortheStudyofNationa
8、litiesDOI:10.1080/009059906007664
