Managing “Spoiled” National Identity: War, Tourism, and Memory in Croatia

摘要: Approaching the public representation of a “difficult past” as macro-level impression management dilemma, this article addresses how states manage reputation-damaging elements their histories on global stages. Through an empirical case study, I examine Croatian government has represented country to international audiences via tourism after wars Yugoslav secession. Challenging assumptions that contentious historical moments will be commemorated, find state managed Croatia's “difficult” recent past through covering and cultural reframing rather than acknowledgment. The omitted war from representations national history repositioned Croatia identical in culture its Western European neighbors. draw Goffman's work stigma explain develop broader theoretical framework for understanding conditions under which recognition events is likely not occur. co...