Lockdown Lectures

Episode 11: Satire and Yugoslav socialism


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How did satirists use zoomorphism to understand and critique Yugoslav socialism? 

University of Edinburgh Politics grad, Jelena Sofronijevic, tells me about her research into the academically marginalised topic of political satire in mid-century Yugoslavia. We explore what this art can tell us about politics and resistance, and how it compares to the (perhaps) more familiar work of George Orwell. 

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Lockdown LecturesBy Ellie House