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Deconstructing Yugonostalgia and (Post)Yugoslavism

Milica Popovic

Deconstructing Yugonostalgia and (Post)Yugoslavism

The Generation of the Last Pioneers

Bringing together political science and cultural memory studies, Popovi. examines the much-discussed phenomenon of Yugonostalgia. Drawing on qualitative research, ethnography, and life-narrative interviews with political actors from across the entire political spectrum and belonging to the generation of the last pioneers (those born between 1974 and 1982) in three (post)Yugoslav countries—Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia—this book disentangles the commonly merged concepts of Yugonostalgia as a practice and (post)Yugoslavism as an identity. The book argues that while generational positionality strengthens (post)Yugoslavism, and political positionality determines the use of Yugonostalgia for private or political purposes, the (post)Yugoslav memory narratives of the last pioneers provide an important insight into new and unexplored political imaginaries of the (post)Yugoslav space.
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Author

Milica Popovic

Dr. Milica Popovi. is a political scientist specializing in memory studies, political sociology, and higher education studies. Since December 2024, Popovi. is Senior Postdoctoral Researcher and Project Lead of the FWF ESPRIT Program–funded project “The Silence of Saying No: (Un)Remembering Deserters from the Yugoslav Wars.”
Title
Deconstructing Yugonostalgia and (Post)Yugoslavism
Subtitle
The Generation of the Last Pioneers
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Price
€ 146,00 excl. VAT
ISBN
9789048575404
Format
Hardback
Number of pages
284
Language
English
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Dimensions
15.6 x 23.4 cm
Series
Critical Approaches to Southeast Europe: A Cross-Disciplinary Series
Categories
Eastern Central Europe
Political Science
Discipline
Social and Political Sciences
Imprint
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments
Index of Tables and Figures
List of Used Abbreviations and Symbols
Introduction
Socialist Yugoslavia: The Beginning and the End
The Remnants of Yugoslavism, the Rise of Yugonostalgia
About Generation(s) and the Last Pioneers
The Last Pioneers as Political Actors in the (Post)Yugoslav Space
And Where Am I Coming From?
Methodology and Sources
Structure of the Book
Bibliography
1 Yugoslav Childhoods: The Early Political Socialization of the Last Pioneers
2 “When People Lived and Worked”: The Concept of a Normal Life
3 The Rupture: Growing Up Among the Ashes
4 Becoming Slovenes, Croats, and Serbs: Revisionisms, Individual and Collective
5 Yugoslavism: No State, No Nation—Common Space, Common Identity
6 The Return of Hope: Discursive Strategies, Cognitive Dissonances, and the Future of Yugonostalgia
Epilogue—The Last Pioneers in Power: (Post)Yugoslav Political Heritage
Annex: The Last Pioneers—The Sample
Comprehensive Bibliography
Index

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