Overview
- Interdisciplinary, bringing together a range of theoretical perspectives to explore the relationship between loss and creative inspiration in South-East Europe
- Chapters cover a number of specific case studies from across the region and from a long-term perspective
- Investigates the connections between modernization processes in South-East Europe and the production of narratives of home and belonging
Part of the book series: Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe (MOMEIDSEE)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Where nostalgia was once dismissed a wistful dream of a never-never land, the academic focus has shifted to how pieces of the past are assembled as the elements in alternative political thinking as well as in artistic expression. The creative use of the past points to the complexities of the conceptualization of nostalgia, while entering areas where the humanities meet the art world and commerce. This collection of essays shows how this bond is politically and socially visible on different levels, from states to local communities, along with creative developments in art, literature and religious practice. Bringing together scholars from a range of disciplines, the book offers analyses from diverse theoretical perspectives, united by an interest in the political and cultural representations of the past in South-East Europe from a long-term perspective. By emphasising how the relationship between loss and creative inspiration are intertwined in cultural production and history writing,these essays cover themes across South-East Europe and provide an insight into how specific agents – intellectuals, politicians, artists – have represented the past and have looked towards the future.
Reviews
“This book represents a high-quality contribution to the field of memory studies and the idea of nostalgia in a crucial historical context. This will be a valuable addition to reading lists on imperial histories and legacies in the Balkans, not least because it brings together Habsburg and Ottoman narratives. The book is an excellent piece of scholarship” (Michael Talbot, University of Greenwich, UK)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Catharina Raudvere is Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, and directs its research centre ‘Many Roads in Modernity. South-East Europe and its Ottoman Roots’. Her most recent publications include studies of Islam and Muslim life in Bosnia and the edited Contested Memories and the Demands of the Past. History Cultures in the Modern Muslim World (2016).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Nostalgia, Loss and Creativity in South-East Europe
Book Subtitle: Political and Cultural Representations of the Past
Editors: Catharina Raudvere
Series Title: Modernity, Memory and Identity in South-East Europe
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71252-9
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71251-2Published: 31 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10035-3Published: 26 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71252-9Published: 21 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2523-7985
Series E-ISSN: 2523-7993
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 241
Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: History of Modern Europe, Memory Studies, Russian, Soviet, and East European History, Cultural History, Political History