Gastarbajteri: Rethinking Yugoslav Economic Migrations towards the European North-West through Transnationalism and Popular Culture

Abstract

This chapter argues for a critical reconsideration of the methods applied to the study of the economic migrations from the former Yugoslavia (the so-called Gastarbajteri). As an analytical key, I use two concepts from contemporary social science: transnationalism and popular culture.

Keywords

• Gastarbajteri
• Rethinking
• Yugoslav
• Economic
• Migrations
• towards
• European
• North-West
• through
• Transnationalism
• Popular
• Culture