After Yugoslavia
The Cultural Spaces of a Vanished Land

Radmila Gorup (Edited by)

9780804784023

Hardback, published 12 June 2013

368 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.603 kg

"The scope of After Yugoslavia and its sectional organization are both major contributions, and scholars of the region's history, literature, language, and culture will appreciate the volume . . . the volume times gives readers the sense that lasting supranational projects are a thing of the past, and memories of Yugoslavia are more often personal than shared."—Ante Postema, Slavic and East European Journal "This volume is an important corrective to the literature that stresses the supposed cultural incompatibilities and tensions in the Balkans . . . Highly recommended."—R. M. Hayden, CHOICE "This collection brings together a remarkable roster of writers and scholars to consider the past, present, and future of the diverse yet closely interconnected cultural spaces that the dissolution of Yugoslavia left behind. There have been many attempts to explain the causes and character of Yugoslavia's demise, but so far few have identified—let alone analyzed or interpreted—Yugoslavia's legacy in such comprehensive, nuanced, and stimulating terms."—Wendy Bracewell, University College London

The book brings together many of the best known commentators and scholars who write about former Yugoslavia. The essays focus on the post-Yugoslav cultural transition and try to answer questions about what has been gained and what has been lost since the dissolution of the common country. Most of the contributions can be seen as current attempts to make sense of the past and help cultures in transition, as well as to report on them.