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Memory Overproduction: Turbo Sculpture and the Bizarre Statues of Belgrade
A curious array of monuments have been cropping up all over Belgrade recently, with statues of Andy…
Turbo-Trump: Patriotic Pop Dedicated to Donald
What’s the deal with these weird second-world countries where the post-industrial peasantry periodically elects an…
Queer As Turbofolk (Part VIII): Pain And Pleasure 1
Welcome to a Culture Wars Special of Queer As Turbofolk – today we’re debating the…
Queer As Turbofolk (Part V): In, Out, Shake It All About?
“I’m lonely and in a difficult situation.” So read the suicide note of…
Slovenia: Touch of Balkan or Little Austria?
Where does Slovenia belong? With the Balkans or with (Central) Europe? Joris Zantvoort looks at…
Queer As Turbofolk (Part III): Academic Voices
In Part 1, we explored how Eastern Europe is often conceptually constructed as a dangerous, wild…