RT Article
T1 Victims, Perpetrators and Bystanders: Atrocity and Its Aftermath in the Films of Jasmila Žbanić
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 64
IS 5
SP 1114
OP 1130
A1 Aydın Aitchison, Andy
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1902446941
AB The paper excavates ‘implicit criminologies’ concerning victims, perpetrators and bystanders from four films by Bosnian director Jasmila Žbanić: Grbavica (2006); On the path (2010); For those who can tell no tales (2013) and Quo Vadis, Aida? (2020). I argue that in criminological terms, Žbanić’s work is strongest, and has greatest transformative potential, as an example of cinematic victimology. This is produced through characters who simultaneously encapsulate particular (ethnicized) and universal elements in micro-level stories of the individual in a larger social, political and historical context. Focussing on this form of universalism, I question an ethical standard of inclusivity in atrocity cinema which calls for a single film or director to directly represent victims of all ethnic groups.
K1 Film
K1 ATROCITY
K1 Victimology
K1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
DO 10.1093/bjc/azae014