Associate Professor of Comparative Literature; Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
atatjana@umich.eduOffice Information:
MLB 3010
812 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1275
phone: 734-764-5355
Comparative Literature; Mediterranean; Southeastern Europe; Philosophy and Theory; Film and Media; Gender and Women's Studies; Race and Ethnicity; Posthumanism
Education/Degree:
2002 MA in English Literature and Theory, University Of Nis, Serbia 2007 Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Rutgers University
Highlighted Work and Publications
The Sacrificed Body: Balkan Community Building and the Fear of Freedom
Tatjana Aleksic
Tatjana Aleksic examines the widespread use of the sacrificial metaphor in cultural texts and its importance to sustaining communal ideologies in the Balkan region. Aleksic further relates the theme to the sanctioning of ethnic cleansing, rape, and murder in the name of homogeneity and collective identity. She employs cultural theory, sociological analysis, and human rights studies to expose a historical narrative that is predominant regionally, if not globally.
Publication Information:
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Year of Publication: 2013
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