Nationalism and the Politicization of History in the Former Yugoslavia

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Ognjenovic, Gorana (Editor), Jozelic, Jasna (Editor)
Summary:XX, 377 p.
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Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Series:Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65832-8
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction – Nationalism and the Politicization of History in the Former Yugoslavia
  • 2. Post-Communism and Recent History: The Case of Croatia
  • 3. Reclaiming Illyria: The Notorious Usefulness of Archaeology to Communism and Nationalism alike in Yugoslavia and after
  • 4. The Europeanization of Memory at the Jasenovac Memorial Museum
  • 5. The Political instrumentalization of a Site of the Holocaust: Contested memories of the Semlin camp in Belgrade
  • 6. Thrice Plundered: The Politics of Restitution with Regard to the Jews of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 7. Himmler’s SS Handžar Division
  • 8. The Highway of Memorial Symbolism: A Thin Red Line
  • 9. Constructing a Truth Regime: The 1999 NATO Intervention in Serbian Political Memory
  • 10. National Manhood: Martyr’s, freedom fighters and statesman in Kosovo’s state-making
  • 11. The Politicization of History in North Macedonia(1941–2018)
  • 12. Djilas Reconsidered: The Attitude of Montenegro towards Djilas after 1989
  • 13. Slovenia: From the Best European Pupil to Perpetrator of One of the Most Egregious ECHR Violations
  • 14. Mass Myths to Mass Graves: Politicizing Memory in Serbia as a Prelude to Genocide in Bosnia
  • 15. YU Rearview Mirror: Ways of Remembering Yugoslavia
  • 16. Reconfiguring and Imposing Identity: Politicization of Identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • 17. Conclusion
  • 18. Afterword.