Introduction: War Trauma as Screen Memory -- Yugoslavia's Wars, Cinema, and Screen Trauma -- Unsettling Empathies: Screen, Gender, and Traumatic Memory -- Happily Sick: Trauma, Nation, and Queer Affect -- Post-Yugoslav Heritage Cinema and the Futurity of Nostalgia -- Youth (Sub)Cultures and the Habitus of Postmemory -- Conclusion: The Child, the Quiet War Film, and the Power of Alternative Scenarios.
Summary:
"The links between cinema and war machines have long been established. At the same time, cinema represents an often overlooked, yet crucial channel of tackling the difficult themes of post-traumatic memory. This book explores the range, form, and valences of trauma narratives that permeate the most notable narrative films about the breakup of Yugoslavia. It examines how film plays a part in coming to terms with the traumatic effects that wars have on communities, by ways of forming an archive of publically circulated, mass-mediated cultural memories"-- Provided by publisher.
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