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- Title
Marching the Victorious March: Populism and Memory Appropriation of the Yugoslav Partisans in Today's Serbia.
- Authors
Đureinović, Jelena
- Abstract
This article examines the changing paradigms in the official politics of memory as linked to the rise of populism and authoritarian democracy in Serbia, focusing on the appropriation of the People's Liberation Movement and the victory against fascism in the Second World War. The article places the memory of the Second World War in the framework of anticommunism and ethnicization as dominant prisms of historical interpretation within state-sanctioned memory politics in contemporary Serbia. Understanding the populist memory politics in Serbia as based on the dichotomy of heroism and victimhood, this article focuses on the heroic aspect of the dominant narratives as exemplified in the notion of Serbia's liberation wars. The Victory Day and Day of Liberation of Belgrade are in focus as the most prominent commemorative events that illuminate the tendency of memory appropriation. After theoretical consideration about authoritarianism in Serbia, populism and memory politics and a brief background on the notion of liberation wars, the article moves on to the analysis of memory politics. The study is based on media discourses, state papers and observation of official commemorations and practices.
- Subjects
SERBIA; POPULISM; YUGOSLAVS; WORLD War II; NATIONAL liberation movements; ANTI-communist movements
- Publication
Nationalities Papers, 2023, Vol 51, Issue 6, p1250
- ISSN
0090-5992
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/nps.2022.50