War narratives in post-conflict societies : keeping the past alive in the former Yugoslavia /

"This book studies war narratives and their role in the political arenas of post-conflict societies, with a focus on the former Yugoslavia. How do politicians in post-war societies talk about the past war? How do they discursively represent vulnerable social groups created by the conflict? Does...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mochtak, Michal (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2024.
Series:	Contemporary security studies.
Subjects:	Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Social aspects. Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 > Public opinion. Collective memory > Former Yugoslav republics. Former Yugoslav republics > Politics and government. Guerre dans l'ex-Yougoslavie, 1991-1995 > Aspect social. Guerre dans l'ex-Yougoslavie, 1991-1995 > Opinion publique. Mémoire collective > Ex-Yougoslavie.

Table of Contents:

War and history in the service of politics
Communication, content, and discourse of war
Political discourse meets natural language processing
Endless war : conflicting war legacies in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Glorified legacies : the myth of the homeland war in Croatia
War past to be heard : politics of denial in Serbia.