Nostalgia, Loss and Creativity in South-East Europe
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Nostalgia, Loss and Creativity in South-East Europe

Political and Cultural Representations of the Past

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eBook - ePub

Nostalgia, Loss and Creativity in South-East Europe

Political and Cultural Representations of the Past

About this book

Where nostalgia was once dismissed a wistful dream of a never-never land, the academic focus has shifted to how pieces of the past are assembled as the elements in alternative political thinking as well as in artistic expression. The creative use of the past points to the complexities of the conceptualization of nostalgia, while entering areas where the humanities meet the art world and commerce. This collection of essays shows how this bond is politically and socially visible on different levels, from states to local communities, along with creative developments in art, literature and religious practice. Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, the book offers analyses from diverse theoretical perspectives, united by an interest in the political and cultural representations of the past in South-East Europe from a long-term perspective. By emphasising how the relationship between loss and creative inspiration are intertwined in cultural production and history writing, these essays cover themes across South-East Europe and provide an insight into how specific agents – intellectuals, politicians, artists – have represented the past and have looked towards the future.

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Yes, you can access Nostalgia, Loss and Creativity in South-East Europe by Catharina Raudvere in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Storia & Storia dell'Europa orientale. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9783319712512
eBook ISBN
9783319712529
Topic
Storia
Subtopic
Storia dell'Europa orientale

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter
  3. 1. Loss and Creativity: Affect and Effect. Political and Cultural Representations of the Past in South-East Europe
  4. 2. Transforming a Totalitarian Edifice: Artistic and Ethnographic Engagements with the House of the People in Bucharest
  5. 3. Battles of Nostalgic Proportion: The Transformations of Islam-as-Historical-Force in Western Balkan Reconstitutions of the Past
  6. 4. The Economy of Nostalgia: Communist Pathos Between Politics and Advertisement
  7. 5. ‘Everything Has Its Place in God’s Imaret’: Nostalgic Visions of Co-existence in Contemporary Greek Historical Fiction
  8. 6. “This Is a Country for You”: Yugonostalgia and Antinationalism in the Rock-Music Culture of Bosnia and Herzegovina
  9. 7. Domesticating Kemalism: Conflicting Muslim Narratives About Turkey in Interwar Yugoslavia
  10. 8. Writing for Survival: Letters of Sarajevo Jews Before Their Liquidation During World War II
  11. 9. Enduring Bonds of Place: Personhood and the Loss of Home
  12. Back Matter