Bøker av Elissa Helms

Borders of Desire is a collection of studies from the eastern borders of Europe, particularly the Baltics and the Balkans, that take a novel approach to borders and the work they do. Instead of viewing borders only as obstructions to the fulfillment of desire, this book shows how borders produce desire, particularly gendered and sexualized desire.

Argues that while the realities of post-war Bosnia are indeed strongly influenced by Dayton and the way it has been implemented, they can in no way be reduced to it. This book examines the Bosnian case and gathers together political scientists and social anthropologists, some of whom began working on Bosnia - Herzegovina in the 1980s, and others.