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Until now, there has been little scholarly attention given to the
ways in which Eastern European Holocaust fiction can contribute to
current debates about transnational and transgenerational memory.
Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav literary narratives about the Holocaust
offer a particularly interesting case because time and again
Holocaust memory is represented as intersecting with other stories
of extreme violence: with the suffering of the non-Jewish
South-Slav population during the Second World War, with the fate of
victims of Stalinist terror, and with the victims of ethnic
cleansing in the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. This book examines the
emergence and transformations of Holocaust memory in the socialist
Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav eras. It discusses literary texts about
the Holocaust by Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav writers, situating
their oeuvre in the historical and discursive context in which it
emerged and paying attention to its reception at the time. The book
shows how in the writing of different generational groups (the
survivor generation, the 1.5, and the second and third
generations), the Holocaust is a motif for understanding the nature
of extreme violence, locally and globally. The book offers
comparative studies of several authors as well as readings of the
work of individual writers. It uncovers forgotten authors and
discusses internationally well-known and translated authors such as
Danilo Kis and David Albahari. By focusing on work by Jewish and
non-Jewish authors of three generations, it sheds light on the
ethical and aesthetical aspects of the transgenerational
transmission of Holocaust memory in the Yugoslav context. As such,
this book will appeal to both students and scholars of Holocaust
studies, cultural memory studies, literary studies, cultural
history, cultural sociology, Balkan studies, and Eastern European
politics.
Until now, there has been little scholarly attention given to the
ways in which Eastern European Holocaust fiction can contribute to
current debates about transnational and transgenerational memory.
Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav literary narratives about the Holocaust
offer a particularly interesting case because time and again
Holocaust memory is represented as intersecting with other stories
of extreme violence: with the suffering of the non-Jewish
South-Slav population during the Second World War, with the fate of
victims of Stalinist terror, and with the victims of ethnic
cleansing in the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s. This book examines the
emergence and transformations of Holocaust memory in the socialist
Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav eras. It discusses literary texts about
the Holocaust by Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav writers, situating
their oeuvre in the historical and discursive context in which it
emerged and paying attention to its reception at the time. The book
shows how in the writing of different generational groups (the
survivor generation, the 1.5, and the second and third
generations), the Holocaust is a motif for understanding the nature
of extreme violence, locally and globally. The book offers
comparative studies of several authors as well as readings of the
work of individual writers. It uncovers forgotten authors and
discusses internationally well-known and translated authors such as
Danilo Kis and David Albahari. By focusing on work by Jewish and
non-Jewish authors of three generations, it sheds light on the
ethical and aesthetical aspects of the transgenerational
transmission of Holocaust memory in the Yugoslav context. As such,
this book will appeal to both students and scholars of Holocaust
studies, cultural memory studies, literary studies, cultural
history, cultural sociology, Balkan studies, and Eastern European
politics.
Memory in the Balkans has often been described as binding,
authoritative, and non-negotiable, functioning as a banner of war.
This book challenges such a one-dimensional representation and
offers a more nuanced analysis that accommodates frequently ignored
instances of transnational solidarity, dialogue, communal mourning
and working through a difficult past. Exploring a broad range of
memorial practices, the book focuses on the ways in which cultural
memory is mediated, performed and critically reworked by literature
and the arts in the former Yugoslavia. Against the methodological
nationalism of works that study Serbian, Croatian, or Bosniak
culture as self-contained, this book examines post-Yugoslav
literature, film, visual culture, and politicized art practices
from a supranational angle. Not solely focusing on traumatic
memories, but also exploring how post-Yugoslav cultural practices
mobilize memory for a politics of hope, this volume moves beyond
the trauma paradigm that still dominates memory studies. In its
scope and approach, the book shows the relevance of the cultural
memory of Eastern European citizens and the contribution they can
offer to the building of Europe's shared cultural memory and
transnational identity.
Memory in the Balkans has often been described as binding,
authoritative, and non-negotiable, functioning as a banner of war.
This book challenges such a one-dimensional representation and
offers a more nuanced analysis that accommodates frequently ignored
instances of transnational solidarity, dialogue, communal mourning
and working through a difficult past. Exploring a broad range of
memorial practices, the book focuses on the ways in which cultural
memory is mediated, performed and critically reworked by literature
and the arts in the former Yugoslavia. Against the methodological
nationalism of works that study Serbian, Croatian, or Bosniak
culture as self-contained, this book examines post-Yugoslav
literature, film, visual culture, and politicized art practices
from a supranational angle. Not solely focusing on traumatic
memories, but also exploring how post-Yugoslav cultural practices
mobilize memory for a politics of hope, this volume moves beyond
the trauma paradigm that still dominates memory studies. In its
scope and approach, the book shows the relevance of the cultural
memory of Eastern European citizens and the contribution they can
offer to the building of Europe's shared cultural memory and
transnational identity.
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