Picturing Genocide in the Independent State of Croatia: Atrocity Images and the Contested Memory of the Second World War in the Balkans ( War, Culture (War, Culture and Society)
Brand: Bloomsbury Academic
Categories: Books, History, World



Dimensions: 6.14 x 0.56 x 9.21 inches
ISBN-13: 978-1350015968
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1350015962
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Print length: 224 pages
Publication date: July 23, 2020
subtitle: Hardcover – July 23, 2020
author: Visit Amazon's Jovan Byford Page search results Jovan Byford Stephen McVeigh
review: Editorial Reviews Review “This thoughtful and persuasively argued book explores images of Ustasha atrocities to shed light not only on Yugoslavia's troubled and divided visual memory but also on the broader social and cultural history of the socialist country and its post-socialist successors. Byford's thought-provoking and nuanced analysis of these graphic photographs and their many uses opens an unexpected window onto some of the most important moments, transitions and conflicts in Yugoslav history.” ― Ana Antic, Associate Professor of History, University of Copenhagen, Denmark “ Picturing Genocide in the Independent State of Croatia is a theoretically-sophisticated and painstakingly-researched book. It debunks several major mythologies about the postwar memory of genocidal Ustasha violence during World War II. Byford approaches the history of atrocity photography in Yugoslavia and its successor states with strong ethical commitments and razor-sharp analysis, and illuminates the questions of production and consumption of atrocity photography in changing historical contexts more generally.” ― Emil Kerenji, Applied Research Scholar, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, USA About the Author Jovan Byford is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at The Open University, UK. Stephen McVeigh is Lecturer in War & Society and Academic Director of the BA and MA War & Society programmes at Swansea University, UK.