Pregled bibliografske jedinice broj: 894653
Jasenovac 1941-1945: A Contested Past. The Collective Trauma, Historical Interpretations and the Politics of Memory
Jasenovac 1941-1945: A Contested Past. The Collective Trauma, Historical Interpretations and the Politics of Memory // međunarodna konferencija Holocaust Memory and Memorials, Imperial War Museum North
Manchester, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 2015. str. 1-1 (pozvano predavanje, nije recenziran, sažetak, znanstveni)
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Naslov
Jasenovac 1941-1945: A Contested Past. The Collective Trauma, Historical Interpretations and the Politics of Memory
Autori
Benčić, Andriana
Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni
Skup
Međunarodna konferencija Holocaust Memory and Memorials, Imperial War Museum North
Mjesto i datum
Manchester, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 28.09.2015
Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje
Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran
Ključne riječi
WWII in Croatia (NDH), Jasenovac Concentration Camp, politics of memory, war propaganda, war in Croatia in 90ies
Sažetak
This presentation addresses a part of my doctoral thesis ; and it depends on close examination of Jasenovac, as an aspect of the holocaust history of WWII in Croatia. On a wider theoretical level, one of the significant contributions to the studies of collective memory has been the exploration of the construction of the past through the process of invention and appropriation (or what we call the politics of memory). According to Bruce MacDonald, through the concept of collective memory we are able to explain how ‘the conflict is constituted in the present, and that “history” is a resource in the contemporary struggle’. In other words, history responds to present needs, and history as a resource is often used to revise and exaggerate the horrors of the past. Nowadays we can be sure that ethnic identity cannot be seen as a given. Instead, the fact is that the “official” identity narrative is constantly contested and renegotiated through the work of intellectuals, ethnic entrepreneurs, elites and counter-elites (what is often overlooked). Specifically - We will argue that elites and intellectuals, admittedly aided by a particular constellation of socio-political and socio-economic factors in Yugoslavia at the end of the 1980s were critical in forging identity narratives in such a way as to allow for harsh identity binaries (among Serb and Croat people). Consequently, we attempt to show how the mythic view of the Independent State of Croatia, and in particular of the concentration camp Jasenovac, was used in creating war propaganda, which then led to fatal consequences and created a brutal wartime conflict in the 1990s.
Izvorni jezik
Engleski
Znanstvena područja
Sociologija
