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A Visual Fight for Bosnia and Hercegovina – Narrative Analyses of Caricatures in Врач Погађач: Шала И Подсмјевка Magazine on the Annexation Crisis

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  • Maroš Melichárek
    Pavol Jozef Šafárik University
The preparation of this paper has a long and somewhat complex history, which unfolded as follows. The initial aim was to apply narrative analysis to caricatures generally dealing with the 1908 annexation crisis. However, this scope proved too broad. Considering the published and available caricatures, such a topic would require extensive, long-term archival research in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Russia, Italy1, and France efforts that could constitute a lifelong project or culmi-nate in a comprehensive monograph. These countries are mentioned intention-ally, as they represent the major powers of the time. Additionally, the inclusion of the USA and Japan could be considered, as they were already emerging as global powers during this period. To achieve a comprehensive understanding, it is also necessary to analyze available sources from Yugoslav and Ottoman or-igins. Subsequently, I decided to narrow the research focus to the Yugoslav re-gion. Logically, caricatures can primarily be found in the Serbian and Montene-grin contexts, as Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina were part of the Austrian domain. After reviewing periodicals available in both physical and on-line formats at the Gazi Husrev-beg Library in Sarajevo,2 the online resources of the Digital Collections of the National and University Library in Zagreb,3 and the Digital Library of Slovenia,4 no relevant caricatures were found. Upon studying relevant periodicals from the annexation crisis period within my materials from previous research at the SANU (Archives of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Belgrade),5 the Digital National Library of Serbia,6 and the Library and Archive of the Historical Institute of the University of Montenegro in Podgorica,7 I have discovered several interesting caricatures.

A Visual Fight for Bosnia and Hercegovina – Narrative Analyses of Caricatures in Врач Погађач: Шала И Подсмјевка Magazine on the Annexation Crisis

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Abdula, S. (Ed.). (n.d.). A Visual Fight for Bosnia and Hercegovina – Narrative Analyses of Caricatures in Врач Погађач: Шала И Подсмјевка Magazine on the Annexation Crisis. In The Balkans Politics, History and Society: Vol. Research 9 (pp. 173-186). Idefe Publications. https://doi.org/10.51331/EB06.12MM