Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Journal: Journal of Aesthetics & Culture

Volume number: 11

ISSN: 2000-4214

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/20004214.2019.1632098

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Group

Abstract: 
The article analyses commemorative practices and public debates revolving around the local remembrance of military commander Marshal Stepa Stepanovic in the Serbian town of Cacak. 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 Stepanovic'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.

Harvard Citation style: Bakovic, N. (2019) Remembrance of Marshal Stepa Stepanovic in Cacak between (trans-)national memory and local politics, Journal of Aesthetics & Culture, 11, Article 1632098. https://doi.org/10.1080/20004214.2019.1632098

APA Citation style: Bakovic, N. (2019). Remembrance of Marshal Stepa Stepanovic in Cacak between (trans-)national memory and local politics. Journal of Aesthetics & Culture. 11, Article 1632098. https://doi.org/10.1080/20004214.2019.1632098