Post-Yugoslav Metamuseums

Reframing Second World War Heritage in Postconflict Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-031-10227-1
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 259 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 473 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Cultural Heritage and Conflict

This book analyzes how Second World War heritage is being reframed in the memorial museums of the post-socialist, post-conflict states of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. It argues that in all three countries, a reluctance to confront undesirable parts of their national histories is the root cause explaining why the state-funded Second World War memorial museums remain stuck in the postsocialist transition. In most cases, Second World War museums, exhibitions, and displays conceived in the Yugoslav period have been left unchanged. However, there are also examples where new sections were added to the old ones and there are a small number of completely reconceptualized permanent exhibitions. The transitional position of the Second World War museums has made it possible to view these institutions as historical formations in their own right. The book will appeal to students and academics working in the fields of heritage and museums studies, memory studies, and culturalhistory of Southeast-Europe.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jagdhuhn, Nata¿a

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte Deutsche Geschichte: Holocaust
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtspolitik, Erinnerungskultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction – Second World War Heritage as (Dis)Integration Tool.- Part I: Museums of the People’s Liberation Struggle in Yugoslavia (1945–1990).- Chapter 2: The Yugoslavization of the Museum Sphere.- Chapter 3: The People’s Liberation Struggle Museum.- Part II: Second World War Memorial Museums in the Yugoslav Successor States (1991–2022).- Chapter 4: Broken Museality.- Chapter 5: Curating (in) Transition.- Chapter 6: Exhibitions as Dysfunctional Mosaic Narratives.- Chapter 7: Conclusion – Transitional Metamuseology.

Über Autor(innen)

Natas?a Jagdhuhn is a Museologist whose research focuses on memory constructs in the successor states of Yugoslavia, museum transformation in the post-socialist countries of Europe, the history of museology from a Global South perspective, and current debates on decolonizing heritage worldwide.