Author:
Zivkovic, Marko.
Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.
Descriptionxi, 318 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Note:Belgrade -- Serbia's position in European geopolitical imaginings -- Highlanders and lowlanders -- Tender-hearted criminals and the reverse Pygmalion -- Serbian jeremiads : too much character, too little kultur -- Glorious pasts and imagined continuities: the most ancient people -- Narrative cycles: from Kosovo to Jadovno -- "The wish to be a Jew," or, The power of the Jewish trope -- Garbled genres: conspiracy theories, everyday life, and the poetics of opacity -- Mille vs. transition: a super informant in the slushy swamp of Serbian politics -- Conclusion: Chrono-tropes and awakenings -- Filmography.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
