After Yugoslavia : the cultural spaces of a vanished land / edited by Radmila Gorup.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gorup, Radmila Jovanović.

Series:

Stanford studies on Central and Eastern Europe.

Stanford studies on Central and Eastern Europe

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Yugoslavia--History.

Yugoslavia.

Former Yugoslav republics--Social life and customs.

Former Yugoslav republics.

Yugoslavia--Social life and customs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 345 pages).

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book brings together many of the best known commentators and scholars who write about former Yugoslavia. The essays focus on the post-Yugoslav cultural transition and try to answer questions about what has been gained and what has been lost since the dissolution of the common country. Most of the contributions can be seen as current attempts to make sense of the past and help cultures in transition, as well as to report on them. The volume is a mixture of personal essays and scholarly articles and that combination of genres makes the book both moving and informative. Its importance is unique. While many studies dwell on the causes of the demise of Yugoslavia, this collection touches upon these causes but goes beyond them to identify Yugoslavia's legacy in a comprehensive way. It brings topics and writers, usually treated separately, into fruitful dialog with one another.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Notes on the Pronunciation of Proper Names and Words Given in Original Spelling

Introduction

1. My Yugoslavia

2. Yugoslavia A Defeated Argument?

3. The Past as Future Post-Yugoslav Space in the Early Twenty-First Century

4. What Common Yugoslav Culture Was, and How Everybody Benefited from It

5. Discordia Concors

6. “Something Has Survived . . .”

7. Vibrant Commonalities and the Yugoslav Legacy A Few Remarks

8. Zenit Rising

9. Post-Yugoslav Emergence and the Creation of Difference

10. What Happened to Serbo-Croatian?

11. Language Imprisoned by Identities; or, Why Language Should Be Defended

12. The Vibrant Cinemas in the Post-Yugoslav Space

13. Marking the Trail

14. Traumatic Experiences

15. Culture of Memory or Cultural Amnesia

16. Cheesecakes and Bestsellers

17. Slovene Literature Since 1990

18. The Palimpsests of Nostalgia

19. The Spirit of the Kakanian Province

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804787345

0804787344

OCLC:

849246165