Strangers either way : the lives of Croatian refugees in their new home / Jasna Čapo Žmegač ; translated by Nina H. Antoljak, Mateusz M. Stanojević.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and index.

The ethnology of individuals -- The individual and her/his culture -- The relational notion of identity -- Case study: the Srijem Croats -- Polyphony, hybridity, and levels of reading: methodological-epistemological remarks -- The Srijem case as an instance of coethnic migrations -- Srijem Croats talk about themselves -- Exchanges -- One's own and other people's -- Nostalgia -- Identity building in the local environment -- "If they are doing well, we are doing well too": resignation -- "We will never get over it": the Srijem sorrow -- "There's no going back, you have to go forward": integration -- Ethnocentrism of the newcomers -- The older generation and the migration -- Before the migration: "There was money! What a life! Real life!" -- Reasons for leaving Srijem and making the decision to move -- The resettlement: the grandfathers deciding -- In the new surroundings -- From domination to dependence -- Constructing difference, identifying the self -- Attribution of difference and symbolism of collective identity -- "Good" and "bad" Croats or how to measure Croatian-ness -- About the same thing from the other side: statements by the local population in Gradina -- Between individual and collective integration into Croatian society -- At the outset: categorizing the settlers -- Activities of the migrant association -- The leaders' dilemma: equal citizens or a "sect of Srijem Croats" -- Community, identification, interaction -- Antagonism between "the established" and "the outsiders" -- The local population's perspective -- The stereotyped rhetoric of difference -- Stereotyping and individualization -- The ease of person-to-person interaction -- Conclusions -- Epilogue: ethnologist and her/his public -- To take the standpoint of the research subjects or not? -- Reactions to the restitution of the research -- Further unwanted consequences of restitution -- How to protect the research subjects -- In the end: the distinct position of an ethnologist at home.