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This edited volume explores the cultural life of capitalism in socialist and post-socialist times, in the geo-political context of the former Yugoslavia. It presents a variety of cutting edge work at the intersections of critical cultural studies, material culture, visual culture, neo-Marxist theories, and critiques of neoliberalism in the context of post-socialism. This project is informed by a firm belief that social and cultural practices need to be examined with close attention to local contingencies, particularly in their socio-economic domain. Rather than treating capitalism and...

The links between cinema and war machines have long been established. At the same time, cinema represents an often overlooked yet crucial channel of tackling the difficult themes of post-traumatic memory. This book explores the range, form, and valences of trauma narratives that permeate the most notable narrative films about the breakup of Yugoslavia. It examines how film plays a part in coming to terms with the traumatic effects that wars have on communities by way of forming an archive of publically circulated, mass-mediated cultural memories.