%0 Journal Article
%T Post-what? The Category of "postsocjalism" and Its Usefulness in Anthropological Research in the Former Yugoslavia
%A Bielenin-Lenczowska, Karolina
%J Ethnographies
%V 2017
%R 10.4467/22999558.PE.17.019.8678
%N Volume 45, Issue 4
%P 393-402
%K postsocialism, former Yugoslavia, Macedonia, East and West, Europe
%@ 0083-4327
%D 2018
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/prace-etnograficzne/article/post-co-przydatnosc-kategorii-postsocjalizmu-w-badaniach-antropologicznych-w-bylej-jugoslawii
%X 
	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.