Yugonostalgic against all odds: nostalgia for Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia among young leftist activists in contemporary Serbia
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: in contemporary Serbia but for my leftist informants also provided a compelling example of a fairer and more prosperous economic model than what has resulted from current neoliberal reforms.Yugoslav culture was often portrayed as superior to the cultural life of contemporary Serbia, which has deteriorated under the influence of both nationalism and neoliberalism.Yugonostalgia, then, represents not a retreat from the present, but a rich cultural repertoire for progressive re-engagement with current political questions.In the imagination of these Serbian activists, remembering Yugoslavia is a selective process that reconstructs alternatives to both parochial Serb nationalist identitymaking and to the supposedly inevitable and universal logic of neoliberal economic restructuring.
Author: Nadiya Chushak
Language: English
Subfield: Cultural Studies
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2291934151