Newly Composed Folk Music of Yugoslavia
In Western political discourse, Yugoslavia was frequently referred to as a “buffer zone,†its independence from the Soviet bloc being the single most salient factor making it politically atypical. Another enduring metaphor, that of a crossroads between East and West, was often invoked to describe Yugoslavia’s heterogeneous culture, owing as much to its geographic position in central/southeas...
In Western political discourse, Yugoslavia was frequently referred to as a “buffer zone,†its independence from the Soviet bloc being the single most salient factor making it politically atypical. Another enduring metaphor, that of a crossroads between East and West, was often invoked to describe Yugoslavia’s heterogeneous culture, owing as much to its geographic position in central/southeas...
