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Bastards of Utopia Triptych (2010–2015) by Maple Razsa - Bastards of Utopia: Living Radical Politics after Socialism. By Maple Rasza . Global Research Studies and New Anthropologies of Europe. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2015. xviii, 293 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. Figures. $80.00, hard bound. $30.00, paper. $29.00 Ebook. - Bastards of Utopia. Dir. Maple Rasza and Pacho Velez . Waterville, Me.: En Masse Films, 2010. 55 min. Color. In Croatian and English with English subtitles. $19.95 DVD sales to individuals. $195.00, DVD sales to institutions. (https://vimeo.com/188424121). - Maple Razsa's Videos. (https://vimeo.com/user3744766).

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Bastards of Utopia Triptych (2010–2015) by Maple Razsa
Bastards of Utopia: Living Radical Politics after Socialism. By Maple Rasza . Global Research Studies and New Anthropologies of Europe. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2015. xviii, 293 pp. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Illustrations. Photographs. Figures. $80.00, hard bound. $30.00, paper. $29.00 Ebook.
Bastards of Utopia. Dir. Maple Rasza and Pacho Velez . Waterville, Me.: En Masse Films, 2010. 55 min. Color. In Croatian and English with English subtitles. $19.95 DVD sales to individuals. $195.00, DVD sales to institutions. (https://vimeo.com/188424121).

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2017

Slobodan Naumović
Slobodan Naumović*
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University of Belgrade
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Slavic Review , Volume 76 , Issue 2 , Summer 2017 , pp. 481 - 490
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