Film (de)construction of national identity. The case of Serbian films from the 1990s

• Authors: Nemanja Zvijer

Title variants

PL

Film (de)construction of national identity. The case of Serbian films from the 1990s

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with the relation between films and the concept of the national identity. These issues are discussed on the example of Serbian cinema in the 1990s. Using Anthony Smith’s approach to the visual representation of national identity, the ways in which films in Serbia construct national identity is discussed. After that, several films are analyzed that critically question the concept of nationalism. This analysis demonstrates how ideology, in this particular case, nationalistic ideology, at the semantic level can be related to films, one of the most influential segments of popular culture.

PL

The article deals with the relation between films and the concept of the national identity. These issues are discussed on the example of Serbian cinema in the 1990s. Using Anthony Smith’s approach to the visual representation of national identity, the ways in which films in Serbia construct national identity is discussed. After that, several films are analyzed that critically question the concept of nationalism. This analysis demonstrates how ideology, in this particular case, nationalistic ideology, at the semantic level can be related to films, one of the most influential segments of popular culture.

Keywords

EN

films; nationalism; national identity; Serbia; films; nationalism; national identity; Serbia

PL

films; nationalism; national identity; Serbia

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Images. The International Journal of European Film, Performing Arts and Audiovisual Communication
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 23
• Issue: 32

Dates

published

2018-12-22

Contributors

author

Nemanja Zvijer

• Faculty of Philosophy University of Belgrade

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/i.2018.32.02