Dealing with the Yugoslav Past

Download or read book Dealing with the Yugoslav Past written by Alina Zubkovych and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the representation of the socialist past in the national history museums of the former Yugoslavia. Through travels to Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, and Macedonia, the study elucidates the process of constructing the national narratives that maintain and legitimize a particular vision of the common past. Cross-national comparison allows for analysis of the democratic development of each state in relation to the politics of memory in the region and the role of political actors in its construction.