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Theatre in the Context of the Yugoslav Wars

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Editors:
  1. Jana Dolečki

    1. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  2. Senad Halilbašić

    1. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  3. Stefan Hulfeld

    1. University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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  • Marks the first academic publication in English treating the various forms of theatre and cultural performances during the Yugoslav wars

  • Spans the fields of theatre studies, East European studies, history and sociology

  • Brings together an international range of expert contributors

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Stefan Hulfeld, Jana Dolečki, Senad Halilbašić
    Pages 1-33

  3. Mobilisation of Theatre Institutions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35
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    2. Testimony Borka Pavićević

      • Borka Pavićević
      Pages 37-43

    3. Stages of Denial: State-Funded Theatres in Serbia and the Yugoslav Wars

      • Irena Šentevska
      Pages 45-62

    4. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s National Theatres in the Context of Language Politics During the War

      • Senad Halilbašić
      Pages 63-81

    5. Testimony Amela Kreso

      • Amela Kreso
      Pages 83-85

    6. Theatre as Resistance: The Dodona Theatre in Kosovo

      • Jeton Neziraj
      Pages 87-105

    7. War Discourse on Institutional Stages: Serbian Theatre 1991–1995

      • Ksenija Radulović
      Pages 107-122

  5. Subsequent and External Perspectives

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 225-225
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    2. The Theatre Exchange Between Slovenia and the Republics of Former Yugoslavia in the 1990s

      • Barbara Orel
      Pages 227-242

    3. Fording the Stream of Conscience: Peter Handke’s River Journeys

      • Branislav Jakovljević
      Pages 243-270

    4. Testimony Nihad Kreševljaković

      • Nihad Kreševljaković
      Pages 271-275
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About this book

This book assembles texts by renowned academics and theatre artists who were professionally active during the wars in former Yugoslavia. It examines examples of how various forms of theatre and performance reacted to the conflicts in Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, and Kosovo while they were ongoing. It explores state-funded National Theatre activities between escapism and denial, the theatre aesthetics of protest and resistance, and symptomatic shifts and transformations in the production of theatre under wartime circumstances, both in theory and in practice. In addition, it looks beyond the period of conflict itself, examining the aftermath of war in contemporary theatre and performance, such as by considering Ivan Vidić’s war trauma plays, the art campaigns of the international feminist organization Women in Black, and Peter Handke’s play Voyage by Dugout. The introduction explores correlations between the contributions and initiates a reflection on the further development of the research field. Overall, the volume provides new perspectives and previously unpublished research in the fields of theory and historiography of theatre, as well as Southeast European Studies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Jana Dolečki, Senad Halilbašić, Stefan Hulfeld

About the editors

Jana Dolečki is a PhD candidate at the Department for Theatre, Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. Her current research focuses on wartime theatre in Croatia and Serbia.


Senad Halilbašić is a University Assistant and PhD candidate at the Department for Theatre, Film and Media Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. His research focuses on theatre during the Bosnian war. Previous publications include the co-edited volume Bibliothek Sarajevo: Literarische Vermessung einer Stadt (2012).


Stefan Hulfeld is Professor of Theatre and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna, Austria. His current research agendas focus on theatre historiography and theory. Publications include the chapters 'Modernist Theatre' in The Cambridge Companion to Theatre History (2013) and 'Antitheatrical thinking and the rise of "theatre"' in A Cultural History of Theatre in the Early Modern Age (2017).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Theatre in the Context of the Yugoslav Wars

  • Editors: Jana Dolečki, Senad Halilbašić, Stefan Hulfeld

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98893-1

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-98892-4Published: 05 December 2018

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-40355-3Published: 18 February 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-98893-1Published: 19 November 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 339

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Theatre History, Performing Arts, National/Regional Theatre and Performance

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