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In Writing the Yugoslav Wars, Dragana Obradovic analyses how the Yugoslav wars of secession helped shape the region's literary culture. Obradovic argues that the crisis of the country's disintegration posed an ethical challenge to self-identified postmodernists.

Trade Review
‘Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.’ -- P. Steiner * Choice Magazine vol 54:11:2017 *
"[Writing the Yugoslav Wars] fulfills its promise of meticulous analysis of literary discourse, and deserves praise for this." -- Guido Snel * Slavic Review Vol 77:01:2020 *

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: War, Postmodernism, and Literary Immanence Chapter 2: The Spectacle of the Siege Chapter 3: The Phantasmagoria and Seduction of Kitsch Chapter 4: The Search for a Language of the Historical Present Chapter 5: The Quickened Moral Pulse Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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      Publisher: University of Toronto Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 07/11/2016
      ISBN13: 9781442629547, 978-1442629547
      ISBN10: 1442629541

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Writing the Yugoslav Wars, Dragana Obradovic analyses how the Yugoslav wars of secession helped shape the region's literary culture. Obradovic argues that the crisis of the country's disintegration posed an ethical challenge to self-identified postmodernists.

      Trade Review
      ‘Highly recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty.’ -- P. Steiner * Choice Magazine vol 54:11:2017 *
      "[Writing the Yugoslav Wars] fulfills its promise of meticulous analysis of literary discourse, and deserves praise for this." -- Guido Snel * Slavic Review Vol 77:01:2020 *

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: War, Postmodernism, and Literary Immanence Chapter 2: The Spectacle of the Siege Chapter 3: The Phantasmagoria and Seduction of Kitsch Chapter 4: The Search for a Language of the Historical Present Chapter 5: The Quickened Moral Pulse Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index

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