1st Edition

Post-Yugoslav Cinema and the Shadows of War A Study of Non-Representation in Film

By Asja Makarevic Copyright 2025
240 Pages
by Routledge

Bosnia-Herzegovina is still considered a post-war country. The concept of post-war implies that the country and its people are tied more strongly to the past than they are oriented towards the future. Paradoxically, as long as the future is kept at bay and the post-war condition kept alive, Bosnia maintains a certain significance on the global scene. However, living in the temporal vacuum of the... Read more
List of Illustrations, Preface, Introduction, I Post-Yugoslav Cinema in the Face of Post-War Culture, II Beyond Self-Victimization, III Limitations of Non-Representation, IV Excavating Memories of War, Conclusion, Index

Biography

Asja Makarevi. is a post-doctoral fellow in the research programme “AGE-C Ageing and Gender in European Cinema” at Goethe University, Frankfurt, where she obtained her PhD degree. She serves as a member of the Berlinale Forum selection committee.