”We will cry a little but then we will forget”: Narratives of trauma and victory in post-war Yugoslavia
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”We will cry a little but then we will forget” : Narratives of trauma and victory in post-war Yugoslavia. / Antic, Ana.
Trauma, Experience and Narrative in Europe after World War II. ed. / Ville Kivimaki; Peter Leese. Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 177-205 (Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Book chapter › Research › peer-review
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TY - CHAP
T1 - ”We will cry a little but then we will forget”
T2 - Narratives of trauma and victory in post-war Yugoslavia
AU - Antic, Ana
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - This chapter explores narratives and experiences of psychological suffering and loss in post-World War II Yugoslavia, focusing on film and literary sources, and psychiatric discussions. After World War II, Yugoslav psychiatric and broader political discussions of trauma were very short-lived and focused almost exclusively on resistance soldiers’ “partisan neurosis.” Antić explores whether this silence was complete, and what political, social and cultural factors may have limited the development of languages of trauma. She describes how, starting in the 1960s, film directors and writers challenged the official narrative of heroic resistance and resilience, and insisted on examining the lasting significance of war-related psychological scars. Such artistic explorations of individual suffering undermined the government’s interpretation of the war victory and critiqued the potential of the postwar order to induce further trauma.
AB - This chapter explores narratives and experiences of psychological suffering and loss in post-World War II Yugoslavia, focusing on film and literary sources, and psychiatric discussions. After World War II, Yugoslav psychiatric and broader political discussions of trauma were very short-lived and focused almost exclusively on resistance soldiers’ “partisan neurosis.” Antić explores whether this silence was complete, and what political, social and cultural factors may have limited the development of languages of trauma. She describes how, starting in the 1960s, film directors and writers challenged the official narrative of heroic resistance and resilience, and insisted on examining the lasting significance of war-related psychological scars. Such artistic explorations of individual suffering undermined the government’s interpretation of the war victory and critiqued the potential of the postwar order to induce further trauma.
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-84663-3_7
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-84663-3_7
M3 - Book chapter
SN - 978-3-030-84662-6
T3 - Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience
SP - 177
EP - 205
BT - Trauma, Experience and Narrative in Europe after World War II
A2 - Kivimaki, Ville
A2 - Leese, Peter
PB - Palgrave Macmillan
CY - Cham
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