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East and West Influences in Yugoslav Culture in the Period from 1945 to 1952

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Popovska D.

Studia Środkowoeuropejskie i Bałkanistyczne

2024

vol. XXXIII

373-387

The paper deals with the influences from the East and the West on culture, in the space of post-war Yugoslavia, from 1945 to 1952. Considering the position of Yugoslavia in a divided Europe, the paper examines the developments in culture that were inevitably intertwined with the sphere of politics. This period is marked by two major events: 1945 – the time of the country’s liberation and 1948 – the conflict surrounding the clash with the Information Bureau. These political events determined the direction in which the Yugoslav culture moved, situated within the framework of the Cold War, that is, in the constellations of power in Europe. In the fifties of the last century, in addition to “realism”, pro-Western“ modernism” began. In other words, Yugoslav culture was influenced by the East and the West. In this context, culture functioned as a marker of ideological distinctions between the two different ideological systems, which were constituted in opposition. The analysis of the available data makes it possible to trace the internal and external circumstances in which the state existed, which influenced the strategies of canonization and restriction of values in the field of culture in socialist Yugoslavia.

Symbolic Representations of Identity and the History of the Jews in Macedonia’s Public Space

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Popovska D.

Studia Środkowoeuropejskie i Bałkanistyczne

2017

vol. XXVI

83-88

With examples taken across the Republic of Macedonia, this paper investigates the symbolic representations of the Jews in Macedonia, i.e. “facilities” that express their identity and history and allow their visibility in the public space. I am speaking here not only for monuments and museums, but also for settlements and other symbols that created / create the image of Jews in Macedonia through time. The goal is to answer a few questions: What are the symbols that represent Jewish history and culture in the public sphere? What do these symbols tell us? What meanings or what emotions do they evoke in people? Of course, the discursive dimension of symbolic representations is very important, especially the socially constructed role which is attributed to those facilities. In accordance with these approaches, the identity construction as one of the key functions of symbolic representation, takes place within the social placed narratives of Jews, which means its dynamics and variables is directly related to social events, political changes, etc.

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East and West Influences in Yugoslav Culture in the Period from 1945 to 1952

Symbolic Representations of Identity and the History of the Jews in Macedonia’s Public Space