Yugonostalgia: Study of Remnants of the Former Yugoslavia in Metropolitan Detroit

The creation of a Yugoslav state and its collective memory was highly influenced by the state imposed cultural policies. While the nation itself violently collapsed in the 1990s, whereby creating a large victim diaspora, in the aftermath, its population recalls it as an economically and politically...

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Main Author: Ana Cukovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MI-AN Publishing 2015-08-01
Series:Kultura (Skopje)
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Online Access:http://journals.cultcenter.net/index.php/culture/article/view/132
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Summary:The creation of a Yugoslav state and its collective memory was highly influenced by the state imposed cultural policies. While the nation itself violently collapsed in the 1990s, whereby creating a large victim diaspora, in the aftermath, its population recalls it as an economically and politically stable and safe, a phenomenon deemed as Yugonostalgia. This paper seeks to present and critically observe the current multigenerational existence and interpretation of Yugonostalgia through theoretical perspectives and field work in Yugoslav Detroit Diaspora, while explaining its past, current, and future discourse as a product of collective memory.
ISSN:1857-7717
1857-7725