Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures; Associate Professor of Comparative Literature; Director of Graduate Studies, Slavic
atatjana@umich.eduOffice Information:
3010 MLB
812 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275
phone: 734-647-2141
Comparative Literature; BCS; Slavic Languages and Literatures; Faculty; Department Administration
Education/Degree:
Ph.D. in Comparative Literature, Rutgers University, 2007
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. Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press Month of Publication: October Year of Publication: 2013 Location: Pittsburgh, PA