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Spomenici posvećeni radu i radničkom pokretu u socijalističkoj Jugoslaviji
Monuments dedicated to labor and labor movement in socialist Yugoslavia

Author(s): Sanja Horvatinčić
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts
Published by: Hrvatsko etnološko društvo
Keywords: spomenička plastika; socijalistička Jugoslavija; revolucionarni radnički pokret; radničko samoupravljanje; društveno sjećanje / memorial sculpture; socialist Yugoslavia; revolutionary workers’ movement; workers’ selfmanagement; social memory

Summary/Abstract: U članku se analiziraju spomenici posvećeni radu i radništvu nastali u razdoblju socijalizma na području bivše Jugoslavije, koji su, s obzirom na pretpostavljen komemorativan karakter spomenika, u dosadašnjim pregledima i analizama često izostavljani. Nakon pregleda kiparskog tretmana teme radništva u javnoj plastici u razdoblju prije Drugog svjetskog rata u europskom i jugoslavenskom kontekstu, analiziraju se funkcije tog spomeničkog žanra u konstrukciji službenog narativa društvenog sjećanja u socijalističkoj Jugoslaviji. Pritom su izdvojene tri tematsko-problemske cjeline predstavljene analizom odabranih spomeničkih primjera koji ukazuju na specifičnosti idejnog ili formalnog pristupa temi rada i radništva u socijalističkoj Jugoslaviji./ In this paper I analyze monuments dedicated to labor and the labor movement that were built during the socialist period in the former Yugoslavia. Due to their supposed commemorative character, these monuments have often been leftout of scholarly surveys and analyses. After presenting an overview of the pre-World War II era labor-themed sculpture in the European and Yugoslav contexts, I will analyze the role of this genre of memorialization in the construction of the official narrative of social memory in socialist Yugoslavia. The three thematic units defined in this paper shall be presented through an analysis of selected case studies that point to the specificity of the conceptual and formal approach to the topic of work and labor in socialist Yugoslavia.

  • Issue Year: 44/2014
  • Issue No: 37
  • Page Range: 153-186
  • Page Count: 33
  • Language: English