The Balkan Women

Synopsis

"This meditation on the horror of war set in 1990 brings the spirit of Euripides to a Serbian detention camp for Muslim women.

Men are pitted against women, Christians against Muslims, and Croats against Serbs in a drama that bares the inner conflicts that result when society is governed by illogical ethnic hatreds.

A hard-boils, devoutly Christian guard is torn by conflicting inner voices as he interrogates a prisoner and her mother about an explosion that killed sixteen of his soldiers.

The arrival of a new, wounded camp commandant triggers murder and inevitable catastrophes reminiscent of ancient tragedy."

Themes

• Concentration camps
• Concentration camps--Serbia--Drama
• Concentration camps--Bosnia and Herzegovina--Drama
• Ethnic relations
• MLCS 2010/40568 (P)
• Muslim women
• Muslim women--Drama
• PS3570.A68
• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Religious aspects
• Yugoslav War, 1991-1995--Religious aspects--Drama