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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790681203321

Autore

Dimova Rozita

Titolo

Ethno-baroque : materiality, aesthetics, and conflict in modern-day Macedonia / / Rozita Dimova

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn Books, , 2013

ISBN

1-78238-041-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

949.7603

Soggetti

Ethnology - Macedonia

Material culture - Macedonia

National characteristics, Macedonian

Ethnic conflict - Macedonia

Architecture, Baroque - Macedonia

Furniture, Baroque - Macedonia

Macedonia Ethnic relations

Macedonia Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Material losses Barok style; Chapter 1-From past necessity to contemporary friction: Negotiating minorities through migration; Chapter 2-Lost objects, gained privileges; Chapter 3-""Modern"" masculinities: Emancipation through education; Chapter 4-Topography of spatial and temporal ruptures: (Im)materialities of (post)socialism; Chapter 5-The Baroque effect: Central Skopje between antiquitization and Christianization; Conclusion; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In post-1991 Macedonia, Barok furniture came to represent affluence and success during a period of transition to a new market economy. This furniture marked the beginning of a larger Baroque style that influenced not only interior decorations in people's homes but also architecture and public spaces. By tracing the signifier Baroque, the book examines the reconfiguration of hierarchical relations among (ethnic) groups, genders, and countries in a transnational context. Investigating how Baroque has come to signify larger social processes



and transformations in the current rebranding of the co