New Article: "The past in the present: Time and narrative of Balkan wars in media industry and international politics"

Albert Doja Discussion

I would like to inform you of a new successful collaboration published online ahead of print:

Enika Abazi & Albert Doja, “The past in the present: Time and narrative of Balkan wars in media industry and international politics”, Third World Quarterly, 2016, pp. 1-31, doi:10.1080/01436597.2016.1191345. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1191345).

In this new article, we explore various forms of narratives about the Balkan wars, both old (1912-1913) and new (1991-1999). At any time, the dominant narratives “make present” and “represent” another past. They produce both the sensationalism of media industry and the essentialism of collective memory. In this way, they become useful to show how beliefs collectively held by actors in international society are constructed as anachronistic representations of Southeast Europe with serious implications for foreign policy and public debates.

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Finally in print!
Enika Abazi & Albert Doja. 2017. “The past in the present: Time and narrative of Balkan wars in media industry and international politics”, Third World Quarterly, vol. 38 (4), pp. 1012–1042. doi:10.1080/01436597.2016.1191345. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2016.1191345).