The Kosovo trauma in Serbian national narratives
Abstract
This paper examines the different Serb interpretations of the Kosovo trauma from the era of Serb independence to this day. It focuses on the different interpretations that use the legend as a point of origin in order to endow it with political and cultural interpretations that correspond to tire needs of each historical period. The crystallization of the myth is coterminous with the process of constituting tire modern Serb state. Moreover, special emphasis is placed on the post-1980 interpretations of the myth, and more specifically on the ways in which different political forces have attempted to color it according to their pursuits. The analysis examines tire trauma’s signification over the last two decades in direct connection to the political events of this era and highlights the Kosovo myth’s ambiguity in contemporary Serbia as well as its rhetorical employment by political forces.
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Spasić, I. (2015). The Kosovo trauma in Serbian national narratives. Science and Society: Journal of Political and Moral Theory, 28, 111–139. https://doi.org/10.12681/sas.822
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