Video, War And The Diasporic Imagination
Search in google:
Video, War and the Diasporic Imagination is an incisive study of the loss and (re)construction of collective and personal identities in ethnic migrant communities. Focusing on the Croatian and Macedonian Communities in Western Australia, Dona Kolar-Panov documents the social and cultural changes that affected these diasporic groups on the fragmentation of Yugoslavia. Booknews A study of the loss and reconstruction of collective and personal identities in ethnic migrant communities, concentrating on the Croatian and Macedonian communities in Western Australia. Describes migrants' encounters with media images of destruction and atrocities in their homelands, and charts the implications of continuous viewing of this violence on the awakening of their ethno-national consciousness, revealing the complex relationships between ethnicity, technology, and the reconstruction of identity. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
ForewordAcknowledgementsGuide to PronunciationList of AbbreviationsIntroduction11A Silent Revolution142The Cultural Functions of Video443Claiming a Cultural Space764Re-Inventing Croatia925Excuse Me What is Genocide?1226Ethnic Cleansing, Plastic Bags and Throwaway People1517Mnemosyne in VCR1748Bridges and Boundaries203Notes226Bibliography240Index263
