Lara Jakica | Monash University (original) (raw)
PhD philosophy/cultural studies and comparative literature. A published academic and a poet. Worked as a sessional philosophy teacher at La Trobe University and is involved in a number of research projects from history to cultural development and transcultural inclusion. Currently writing on memory studies, nationalism and social theory.
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Transcultural Studies, 2010
This thesis seeks to examine the development of Serbian national mythology and the formation of a... more This thesis seeks to examine the development of Serbian national mythology and the formation of a national sensibility as it relates to the 1389 Kosovo battle. In Serbian political and cultural discourse, Kosovo is often used as a metaphor for patriotism and addressed as a foundation stone of Serbian national identity. References to medieval Kosovo can be found everywhere, in literature, music, art, religion and politics, which incorporate the Kosovo signifier into the symbolic order of Serbian national discourse. Many Serbian heroes and noblemen who took part and died in the battle of Kosovo have been canonised by the Serbian Orthodox Church, while their deeds have become a moral codex encrypted in the poetry of the oral tradition of story-telling. There are many historical, anthropological, religious and political approaches which examine the significance of this event, including literary and art criticism in which the story of Kosovo has taken a particularly important place. This...
The downfall of socialist Yugoslavia marked a new era on the political, social and cultural scene... more The downfall of socialist Yugoslavia marked a new era on the political, social and cultural scene of the new-born ex-Yugoslav states. The increase of tensions between the ethnic groups culminated in a civil war in the 1990s. The military conflict was followed by politically charged polarization of cultural differences between the ethnicities in conflict. While the Croats stressed the connection of their cultural roots to the West and the Muslim political elites displayed a form of nostalgia for the long gone Ottoman Empire, the Serbian revival of what was popularly named the 'ethno' culture was most involved the resurrection and refashioning of the Kosovo mythology. This paper explores some aspects of the popular revival of Kosovo mythology and its role in contemporary Serbian popular culture.
Transcultural Studies, 2010
This thesis seeks to examine the development of Serbian national mythology and the formation of a... more This thesis seeks to examine the development of Serbian national mythology and the formation of a national sensibility as it relates to the 1389 Kosovo battle. In Serbian political and cultural discourse, Kosovo is often used as a metaphor for patriotism and addressed as a foundation stone of Serbian national identity. References to medieval Kosovo can be found everywhere, in literature, music, art, religion and politics, which incorporate the Kosovo signifier into the symbolic order of Serbian national discourse. Many Serbian heroes and noblemen who took part and died in the battle of Kosovo have been canonised by the Serbian Orthodox Church, while their deeds have become a moral codex encrypted in the poetry of the oral tradition of story-telling. There are many historical, anthropological, religious and political approaches which examine the significance of this event, including literary and art criticism in which the story of Kosovo has taken a particularly important place. This...
The downfall of socialist Yugoslavia marked a new era on the political, social and cultural scene... more The downfall of socialist Yugoslavia marked a new era on the political, social and cultural scene of the new-born ex-Yugoslav states. The increase of tensions between the ethnic groups culminated in a civil war in the 1990s. The military conflict was followed by politically charged polarization of cultural differences between the ethnicities in conflict. While the Croats stressed the connection of their cultural roots to the West and the Muslim political elites displayed a form of nostalgia for the long gone Ottoman Empire, the Serbian revival of what was popularly named the 'ethno' culture was most involved the resurrection and refashioning of the Kosovo mythology. This paper explores some aspects of the popular revival of Kosovo mythology and its role in contemporary Serbian popular culture.