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Serbian Spaces of Identity - Narratives of Belonging by the Last ""Yugo"" Generation (Hardcover)
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Serbian Spaces of Identity - Narratives of Belonging by the Last ""Yugo"" Generation (Hardcover)
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Yugoslavia may be done, but it lives on in the memory of its last
generation, along with the potent mix of nationalisms,
globalisation, and historical tensions that helped dissolve it. If
the dissolution of Yugoslavia has taught us anything, it is that
nationalism and globalisation are not mutually exclusive. Drawing
on the recollections of key figures among the last Serbian
generation to grow up Yugoslav, this book explores the transition
from socialism to capitalism, from the dream of pan-Slavic working
class identity to the contentious capitalist reality that gave us
the word "Balkanisation". This book paints the portrait of the
ruling generation and its ambivalent attitudes toward both the
socialist past and the capitalist, Western-oriented present. In so
doing, it also explores the emerging phenomenon of
Yugo-nostalgia-the way in which the socialist past is re-created
for a consumption-oriented present as one more marketing gimmick.
Although focused on the case of Serbia and the troubled Milosevic
era, it speaks to the broader theme of the fate of nationalism and
national identity in an era of capitalist globalisation. It also
troubles the notion of modernisation as a unified and unifying
process by unfolding the complex mix of tradition and novelty,
cosmopolitan aspiration, and historical identification that
characterise not only the former Yugoslavia, but the process
whereby nations are incorporated into the global market economy.
Through the exploration of a particular case, the book explores the
landscape of hopes and misgivings that characterise the
post-Cold-War era.
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