Remembrance of Marshal Stepa Stepanović in Čačak between (trans-)national memory and local politics
The article analyses commemorative practices and public debates revolving around the local remembrance of military commander Marshal Stepa Stepanović in the Serbian town of Čačak. The geographical concept of place is used as the coming together of processes and agencies operating on different scales...
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| description | The article analyses commemorative practices and public debates revolving around the local remembrance of military commander Marshal Stepa Stepanović in the Serbian town of Čačak. The geographical concept of place is used as the coming together of processes and agencies operating on different scales (local, national, transnational) and manifesting themselves through material settings around which social interactions take place. It is argued that Stepanović’s legacy served as a medium for directing how different groups within the local community processed contentious historical experiences, concurrently revealing polyphonous collective and individual interests and agencies. Ultimately, this example of local remembrance can be viewed as a microcosm of wider mnemonic dynamics in Serbian society, as well as of the influences of broader processes on locally based social relations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b4ffe75e8794cf3b75862d0973178052022-12-21T18:54:05ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Aesthetics & Culture2000-42142019-11-0111010.1080/20004214.2019.16320981632098Remembrance of Marshal Stepa Stepanović in Čačak between (trans-)national memory and local politicsNikola Baković0Justus Liebig UniversityThe article analyses commemorative practices and public debates revolving around the local remembrance of military commander Marshal Stepa Stepanović in the Serbian town of Čačak. The geographical concept of place is used as the coming together of processes and agencies operating on different scales (local, national, transnational) and manifesting themselves through material settings around which social interactions take place. It is argued that Stepanović’s legacy served as a medium for directing how different groups within the local community processed contentious historical experiences, concurrently revealing polyphonous collective and individual interests and agencies. Ultimately, this example of local remembrance can be viewed as a microcosm of wider mnemonic dynamics in Serbian society, as well as of the influences of broader processes on locally based social relations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20004214.2019.1632098first world warserbiaplacestepa stepanovićmonuments |
| spellingShingle | Nikola Baković Remembrance of Marshal Stepa Stepanović in Čačak between (trans-)national memory and local politics Journal of Aesthetics & Culture first world war serbia place stepa stepanović monuments |
| title | Remembrance of Marshal Stepa Stepanović in Čačak between (trans-)national memory and local politics |
| title_full | Remembrance of Marshal Stepa Stepanović in Čačak between (trans-)national memory and local politics |
| title_fullStr | Remembrance of Marshal Stepa Stepanović in Čačak between (trans-)national memory and local politics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Remembrance of Marshal Stepa Stepanović in Čačak between (trans-)national memory and local politics |
| title_short | Remembrance of Marshal Stepa Stepanović in Čačak between (trans-)national memory and local politics |
| title_sort | remembrance of marshal stepa stepanovic in cacak between trans national memory and local politics |
| topic | first world war serbia place stepa stepanović monuments |
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