The last Yugoslav generation
The rethinking of youth politics and cultures in late socialism
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Government, Communism & Socialism, Social Science, Sociology, History
| Author: | Ljubica Spaskovska | ISBN: | 9781526106346 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press | Publication: | March 24, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Manchester University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ljubica Spaskovska |
| ISBN: | 9781526106346 |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Publication: | March 24, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Manchester University Press |
| Language: | English |
This promising addition to the growing literature on the history of late socialism charts the development of youth culture and politics in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on the 1980s. Rather than examining the 1980s as a mere prelude to the violent collapse of the country in the 1990s, the book recovers the multiplicity of political visions and cultural developments that evolved at the time and that have been largely forgotten in subsequent discussion. The youth of this generation, the author convincingly argues, sought to rearticulate the Yugoslav socialist framework in order to reinvigorate it and 'democratise' it, rather than destroy it altogether.
This promising addition to the growing literature on the history of late socialism charts the development of youth culture and politics in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on the 1980s. Rather than examining the 1980s as a mere prelude to the violent collapse of the country in the 1990s, the book recovers the multiplicity of political visions and cultural developments that evolved at the time and that have been largely forgotten in subsequent discussion. The youth of this generation, the author convincingly argues, sought to rearticulate the Yugoslav socialist framework in order to reinvigorate it and 'democratise' it, rather than destroy it altogether.
