Nostalgia in Flux
Some ex-Yugoslavs switch between different kinds of nostalgia, depending on context. The fluctuations of yugonostalgia highlight Yugoslavia as an enduring social and moral category.
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Abortion and the New Yugoslav Woman
Yugoslavia, not France, was the world’s first country to enshrine the right to abortion in its constitution. Socialist Yugoslavia wielded reproductive regulation as a state and nation-building instrument to construct a unique communist project.
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[Redux] Slavenka Drakulić
Slavenka Drakulić has died. In remembrance, a remastered interview with the great Yugoslav-Croatian journalist and author from 2022.
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Yugophiles 2: Football, Fusion, and the Flag
All around the world, there are people with zero Yugoslavia links and tons of Yugoslavia love. Today, we meet a yugophile in England.
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[Redux] Collective Nostalgia
Yugonostalgia as a collective emotion is a sentimental longing for a positively remembered past of the former country and life in it. Why and how does it arise? What are its positive and negative effects? And what are its implications?
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[Redux] The Future of Yugonostalgia
What is Yugonostalgia and why does it exist? How does it manifest and how do different people experience it? And where is it headed?
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The Youngest Yugoslavs
The last generation of Yugoslavs remembers Yugoslavia fondly but critically. A new oral history recounts how their youth in the lost country made a lasting impact on their lives.
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Diaspora Voices 10: Before the War
Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad.
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Diaspora Voices 9: Identity
Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad.
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(Post)Yugoslav Humanitarianism
(Post)Yugoslav Humanitarianism The Yugoslav Red Cross promoted a version of humanitarianism that served its geopolitical goals. After the fall of socialism, nonaligned humanitarianism vanished and was replaced by liberal humanitarianism, with real consequences on the ground in Montenegro and elsewhere. With Čarna Brković (University of Mainz). Listen: “(Post)Yugoslav Humanitarianism” (Episode #128) Bonus Extras: “(Post)Yugoslav Humanitarianism”
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Socially Engaged Music
In both socialist Yugoslavia and postwar Croatia some music reflected on and critiqued the present and envisaged a better tomorrow. Today such socially engaged music also rebuilds cultural ties across post-Yugoslav borders.
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Diaspora Voices 8: Pictures
Diaspora Voices is an occasional series of conversations with ex-Yugoslavs living abroad.
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Nonaligned Literature (Part 2)
Yugoslavia cultivated extensive literary connections with its nonaligned friends. Many authors and culture workers fostered literary networks with fellow nonaligned countries.
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Nonaligned Literature (Part 1)*
Yugoslavia cultivated extensive literary connections and networks with its nonaligned friends. Writers from Yugoslavia traveled to nonaligned countries and published travelogues about their observations and experiences
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Saving Motel Plitvice
An amateur photographer’s quest to preserve the history of an iconic building.
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Media & Me
Media & Me A memoir through the Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav media. With Lara Ranković (Mediji i ja). Listen: “Media & Me” (Episode #118) Bonus Extras: “Media & Me” (Episode #118) Ad-free version of “Media & Me” (Episode #118). Transcript: “Media & Me” (Episode #118) Disclosure: As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. [SOUNDBITE]
