Politics of Memory of the Second World War in Contemporary Serbia

Taylor & Francis

The Politics of Memory of the Second World War in Contemporary SerbiaCollaboration, Resistance and Retribution\nAuthor(s): Jelena ?ureinovi?\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032239736, 978-1032239736\nSynopsis\nExploring the concepts of collaboration, resistance, and postwar retribution and focusing on the Chetnik movement, this book analyses the politics of memory.\n\nSince the overthrow of Slobodan Miloevic in 2000, memory politics in Serbia has undergone drastic changes in the way in which the Second World War and its aftermath is understood and interpreted. The glorification and romanticisation of the Yugoslav Army in the Homeland, more commonly referred to as the Chetnik movement, has become the central theme of Serbias memory politics during this period. The book traces their construction as a national antifascist movement equal to the communist-led Partisans and as victims of communism, showing the parall.