Post-Yugoslavia New Cultural and Political Perspectives [Paperback]

This interdisciplinary examination of present-day identities and histories of the former Yugoslavia explores relationships with the social, political, cultural and historical 'facts and fictions' that have marked the different parts of the region. It shows that while nationalism remains important other social dynamics also exert a strong influence.Introduction; Dino Abazovi? and Dubravka }arkov 1. The Yugoslavia Tribunal: The Moving Targets of a Legal Theatre; Marlies Glasius and Francesco Colona 2. Politics, Religion and the Reconciliation Issue in Bosnia and Herzegovina; Dino Abazovi? 3. New Yugoslavism in Contemporary Popular Music in Slovenia; Mitja Velikonja 4. Post-Yugoslav Nationalisms: Nostalgic Commemorations and Selective Appropriations of Yugoslavia's Sporting and Pop-Cultural Heritage; Vjekoslav Perica 5. Transnationalism of Diasporas of Former Yugoslavia in the Dutch Political Context; Maria Koinova 6. Cinematic Representations of the Bosnian War: De Enclave and the Ontologies of Un-Recognizability; Dubravka }arkovPost-Yugoslavia. New Cultural and Political perspectives, co-edited by Dino Abazovi and Mitja Velikonja, makes a valuable interdisciplinary contribution to the research of contemporary post-Yugoslav socio-cultural problematics. & this book is an important read not only for students and scholars working on the peculiarities of the post-Yugoslav condition but also for those interested in broader processes of transitional justice and collective memory redefinitions. (Mateja Sin1i, Southeastern Europe, Vol. 41 (3), 2017)Francesco Colona, Independent Scholar Marlies Glasius, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Maria Koinova, University of Warwick, UK Reif Larsen, Independent Scholar Vjekoslav Perica, University of Rijeka, Croatia Dubravka arkov, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands