Naslov
Modernist Tropes and Post-Socialist Realities in Commemoration of the Second World War in Croatia

Autori
Špikić, Marko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Poglavlja u knjigama, znanstveni

Knjiga
Massen Sterben. Wege des Erinnerns an zwei Weltkriege aus Europäischer Perspektive / Masses are dying. Ways of Remembrance of the World Wars from a European Perspective

Urednik/ci
Brandt, Sigrid

Izdavač
Hendrik Bäßler Verlag

Grad
Berlin

Godina
2021

Raspon stranica
42-51

ISBN
978-3-945880-75-3

Ključne riječi
Second World War, monuments, commemoration, post-socialism

Sažetak
Second World War brought unrest, division and violence in Croatia. Foreign occupation was accompanied by inner conflict, traditionally described as ideological schism between fascist and anti-fascist forces. Although there is no agreement whether it is comparable with Spanish civil war, one thing is sure: it led to tens of thousands of military and civilian victims, perished in concentration camps or prisons and in post-war retaliations. Communist authorities of the Yugoslav period very soon turned the local acts of commemoration into official rituals, nation-building narratives and aestheticization of traumas. During 1950s the ineffability of traumatic experiences was confronted with the quest for Modernist artistic expression. It can be seen as a symptom of systemic denial of original, disturbing authorities, testifying to collective traumas, that is also traceable in the removal of wartime ruins. Article offers an analysis of the strategies in representation of mass atrocities brought by the Modernist monuments created since the 1960s in communist Croatia and problems of their comprehension after 1990. It leads to discussion of the phenomena of denial, dissimulation and vandalism, manifested in protected ecosystems of Croatian islands and natural parks, contaminated both by war crimes on civilians and by post-war retributions over the defeated military forces.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arhitektura i urbanizam, Povijest umjetnosti, Likovne umjetnosti

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