The crossed swords of memory
The image of communist Yugoslavia in the textbooks of its successor states
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6145755 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dubravka Stojanović (0000-0002-1176-3244, University of Belgrade, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 10-22 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-27 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Politics and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2374-5126 • E-ISSN: 2374-5118 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23745118.2016.1269440 |
| OpenAlex | W2564252540 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
A comparative analysis of textbooks in Yugoslavia’s successor states reveals conflicting narratives of Yugoslav communism. Two basic interpretative frameworks are: communism’s state-forming function, renewing or granting statehood; and, ‘Yugoslavism’ seen as an ideology ‘hostile’ to national aspirations. This created a ‘memory mutation,’ a shift of focus from the socio-political system to the national question, reducing the memory of communism to a memory of Yugoslavia, so the central function of the discourse on communism became to create the interpretative framework for the wars of 1990s
Art · Communism · Communist state · Function (biology · Ideology · Literature · Narrative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Politics of memory · Sociology · State (computer science · Successor cardinal · Balkan and Eastern European Studies · Balkans: History, Politics, Society · Computer Science · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · Law · Mathematics
| Citations per year | 0.38 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2018 - 2026 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |