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East and West Influences in Yugoslav Culture in the Period from 1945 to 1952

Publication date: 21.11.2024

Central European and Balkan Studies, 2024, Volume XXXIII, pp. 373 - 387

https://doi.org/10.4467/2543733XSSB.24.021.20045

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Dragica Popovska
Institute of National History, Skopje
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East and West Influences in Yugoslav Culture in the Period from 1945 to 1952

Abstract

The paper deals with the influences from the East and the West on culture, in the space of post-war Yugoslavia, from 1945 to 1952. Considering the position of Yugoslavia in a divided Europe, the paper examines the developments in culture that were inevitably intertwined with the sphere of politics. This period is marked by two major events: 1945 the time of the countrys liberation and 1948 the conflict surrounding the clash with the Information Bureau. These political events determined the direction in which the Yugoslav culture moved, situated within the framework of the Cold War, that is, in the constellations of power in Europe. In the fifties of the last century, in addition to realism, pro-Westernmodernism began. In other words, Yugoslav culture was influenced by the East and the West. In this context, culture functioned as a marker of ideological distinctions between the two different ideological systems, which were constituted in opposition. The analysis of the available data makes it possible to trace the internal and external circumstances in which the state existed, which influenced the strategies of canonization and restriction of values in the field of culture in socialist Yugoslavia.

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Information: Central European and Balkan Studies, 2024, Volume XXXIII, pp. 373 - 387

Article type: Original article

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Institute of National History, Skopje

Published at: 21.11.2024

Article status: Open

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Dragica Popovska, Ph.D., is a full professor in the Department of Cultural History at the Institute of National History, University of “St. Cyril and Methodius”, Skopje. Her research is in the fields of social and cultural anthropology and cultural history. Her academic interest has been devoted to Balkan cultural history, focusing on how cultural and social realities were shaped in socialist Yugoslavia. Dr. Dragica Popovska is the author of eight monographs and many scientific works published in domestic and international scientific journals.

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