Post-Yugoslav Literature and Film Fires, Foundations, Flourishes [Hardcover]

The 1990s violence in the Former Yugoslavia, the worst in Europe since World War II, triggered the conversion of multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and cosmopolitan areas of idiosyncratic and independent socialism into regions of xenophobic nationalism, wars, and, afterwards, Western-style democracy and capitalism. Unified by their artistic response to these cataclysmic changes, post-Yugoslav literary works and films have much to offer the wider world.

Crnkovic reveals select post-Yugoslav literary and cinema works as groundbreaking exploratory achievements of global relevance. She presents post-Yugoslav literature and film as art that makes us aware of previously unconsidered things that bring us wars, and those that constitute part of the tapestry of peace. She foregrounds the radical potential of art to change and enrich the global landscapes of concepts, sensitivities, and politics. As such her book is important not only for those interested in this region, but also for all those wanting to discover and engage with world literature and cinema, and willing to encounter the potential of great new art to illuminate and challenge the world we live in.

AcknowledgmentsPronunciation GuideIntroduction
Post-Yugoslav Literature and Film, and a Different Kind of Knowledge

Chapter 1 Foundations I
While Falling Asleep: A Trace of the Moment in Yugoslavia


Chapter 2
Play and the Language of Community Against Rumor and the Guns: Alenka Mirkovic's 91.6 MHz Chapter 3
Reclaiming Charisma, Resetting the Senses: Vladimir Arsenijevic's In the Hold


Chapter 4
The Ethics of Listening and the Grounding of a Child: Milcho Manchevski's Before the Rain Chapter 5 Foundations II
Eternal Realms and Individual Victims in Ivo Andric's Ex Ponto and Unrest
Chapter 6
The Truthful Road to Me : Short Takes on Six Bls#