Dealing with the Yugoslav past : exhibition reflections in the successor states
Alina Zubkovych (Author)
This book analyzes the representation of the socialist past in the national history museums of the former Yugoslavia. Through travels to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Macedonia, the study elucidates the process of constructing the national narratives that maintain and legitimize a particular vision of the common past. Cross-national comparison allows for analysis of the democratic development of each state in relation to the politics of memory in the region and the role of political actors in its construction
1 online resource
9783838269436, 3838269438
1011620684
Intro; CONTENTS; LIST OF PHOTOS AND TABLES; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS; 2.1 Definitions; 2.2 Epistemological and methodological assumptions; 2.2.1 Theory; 3 METHODOLOGY AND RESEARCH DESIGN; 3.1 Discourse analysis; 3.2 Visual analysis; 3.3 Museum space as an object of analysis; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 From â#x80;#x9C;curiosityâ#x80;#x9D; to â#x80;#x9C;national projectâ#x80;#x9D;; 3.3.3 Museums as spaces of collective memory mediation; 3.3.4 Museum as metaphor: Purposes and mechanism; 3.3.5 Visitors; 3.3.6 Historical museums and world war memorials. 3.3.7 The problem of the representation of human remains in a memorial museum3.3.8 Conclusions to the chapter; 4 BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF YUGOSLAV HISTORY; 1945â#x80;#x93;1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 5 EMPIRICAL PART; 5.1 Macedonia; 5.2 Kosovo; 5.3 Montenegro; 5.4 Bosnia and Herzegovina; 5.5 Croatia; 6 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS; 7 DISCUSSIONS; 8 LIST OF REFERENCES