Impossible Histories: Historical Avant‑gardes, Neo‑avant‑gardes, and Post‑avant‑gardes in Yugoslavia, 1918–1991

Impossible Histories is the first critical survey of the extraordinary experiments in the arts that took place in the former Yugoslavia from the country's founding in 1918 to its breakup in 1991. The pieces in this collection offer comparative and interpretive accounts of the avant‑gardes in the former Yugoslavian countries of Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia. The book is divided into four sections: Art and Politics; Literature; Visual Art and Architecture; and Art in Motion (covering theater, dance, music, film, and video). All of the contributors live in the region and many of them participated in the movements discussed. The book also reprints a selection of the most important manifestos generated by all phases of Yugoslav avant‑garde activity.