@article{215745ed-1f91-46cb-a382-e4e0c6fc62ed, author = {Karolina Bielenin-Lenczowska}, title = {Post-what? The Category of "postsocjalism" and Its Usefulness in Anthropological Research in the Former Yugoslavia}, journal = {Ethnographies}, volume = {2017}, number = {Volume 45, Issue 4}, year = {2018}, issn = {0083-4327}, pages = {393-402},keywords = {postsocialism; former Yugoslavia; Macedonia; East and West; Europe}, abstract = {The aim of this paper is a look into a notion of “ostsocialism” in the context of anthropological research in former Yugoslavia. After a short overview of the definitions of postsocialism, I argue, that this concept is defined too broadly in order to capture complexity of social and cultural life in various post-socialist or post-communist states. In the case of former Yugoslavia I suggest using the term “post-Yugoslav” in order to show a specifics of life in socialist Yugoslavia and in the republics emerged after its collapse. My arguments base on the data collected during ethnographic fieldwork in the Republic of Macedonia. }, doi = {10.4467/22999558.PE.17.019.8678}, url = {https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/prace-etnograficzne/article/post-co-przydatnosc-kategorii-postsocjalizmu-w-badaniach-antropologicznych-w-bylej-jugoslawii} }